Oyster Roast on May 10 will benefit the Frisco-Buxton Pathway

The community is invited to an oyster roast on Saturday, May 10, at the Frisco Woods Campground, with oysters, barbecue, Lost Colony Beer, a bounce house, and live music, which will all combine to raise funds for the Frisco-Buxton Pathway.

The Oyster Roast is from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and is $40 for adults and $20 for children, with day-of-event prices increasing to $45 and $25. Tickets can be purchased in advance at the Frisco Woods Campground, and all ticket sales and donations will help the Frisco-Buxton Pathway Committee reach its long-term goal of completing the 7.6-mile pathway project.

The Hatteras Island community got its first look at the proposed Frisco-Buxton pathway at a 2019 open house, which provided detailed plans of a 7.6-mile pathway for pedestrians and cyclists.

The pathway runs parallel to N.C. Highway 12, and will eventually extend from the Valero Gas Station in Buxton to the Frisco Bathhouse beach access south of Frisco’s borders.

The pathway project is spearheaded by the Frisco-Buxton Pathway Committee and the Outer Banks National Scenic Byway Committee for Dare County, which was instrumental in creating similar pathways in the island’s five other villages: Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo, Avon, and Hatteras.

End of the completed phase one of the Frisco-Buxton Pathway. [Stacey Saunders photo]

Currently, Buxton and Frisco are the only two villages on Hatteras Island that do not have a village-wide pathway, and stakeholders are hoping to slowly and steadily fill in this gap within the next several years.

So far, more than $175,000 has been raised for the pathway project, according to Stacey Saunders of the Frisco-Buxton Pathway Committee.

Though there’s a long way to go, the owners of the Frisco Woods Campground marked an initial milestone by funding an initial .27-mile stretch of sidewalk in late 2023. Although it’s a short stretch of paved pathway, it bypasses a number of popular destinations, including the Frisco Woods Campground, Tavern on 12, Hatteras Sno-Balls, and the Pamlico Deli. It also includes a crosswalk near the popular sno-ball stand for safer foot traffic across busy N.C. Highway 12.

For more information on the Oyster Roast and other upcoming pathway fundraisers, click here.