Carova Beach is a unique four-wheel-access-only ocean front community on the northern end of North Carolina’s outer banks.  The name Carova comes from the fact that it sits adjacent to the North Carolina (Caro) and Virginia (va) line and many of its original residents accessed the area through Virginia.  The fire district for the station includes an 11 mile stretch of un-improved roads from Corolla to the NC/VA line.  

The year round population of this total area has gone from less than fifty in the early 80s to a whopping one hundred and seventy on the voting rolls in 2008. We now have more than six hundred homes and some of them boast 20+ bedrooms. The population during the summer months is well above three thousand which does not include the “day trippers” as they are affectionately called .