Whalehead Club Reviews

Simply stunning. Tje tour os well wortj the $7 to get on

Beautiful place and tours of the house start on February 18th 2019!!

Beautiful place to walk around, family's can go crabbing, dog's can walk around the grounds. You also get to see a wide variety of wild life. Walking distance to a privately run organizerd Currituck Lighthouse and grounds

House was neat to visit, but the wine tasting was unacceptable. I went for my birthday, and paid $15 to taste wines from two wineries. The other places cancelled but the ticket was full price. It wasn't worth it. Disappointing birthday.

Lower score due to easy for someone in a wheelchair. My daughter requires one and they did have a ramp but not a bottom to help with the food opening. Additionally, the museum didn't have any access, so unless you had a chair that someone could lift you were not getting in. Another family while I was there wanted to veiw but the team could provide a method to allow them access.

House was nice but staff were extremely unfriendly.

When in Corolla do see this impressive and unique home. It is in the same Park as The Currituck Beach Lighthouse. A great deal of history is there. This place almost went away. The efforts of some concerned residents brought it back to what it is today.. Take the tour, it is very interesting.. There are also many events here throughout the year .

Great quiet place in Corolla with historic significance.

A fantastic spot to take family pictures.

It's also a neat park to walk around with families. We take our young kids here to feed birds and run around. The kiddos also love to watch locals catch crabs in the sallow water.

Didn't come for the club so much. Went for a couple of hours to catch some crabs at the bridge. It's part of our annual routine.... Kids love it for a break from the beach on a so-so weather day.

Would say beautiful if we could see it. Drove here two hours on Sunday to find it closed. Both online and the office phone said open. Poor marketing.... Lighthouse very nice and so was landscape. Wish we could see the inside. :( Disappointed.

Must visit when in Corolla NC. Unique sunsets and informative wildlife building. Great for families

Unique historical site. Self guided tours. Beautiful grounds.

I took a tour some years back and like it better when they had an actual tour guide rather than ipods.

Our family visited the Whalehead Club on 06/11/2016. The house was absolutely breathtaking, Frank greeted us with open arms and was very friendly.... However we had the unfortunate run in with Sarah, the "host."

After paying for the self guided tour, Sarah showed us where to start first. As we were walking out the door towards the first exhibit, someone in our group had pointed to the iphones they had attached to speakers and said "Wow, how cool." Sarah snapped back and said with a very abrasive offensive tone, "DONT TALK."

One of our family members has dark attributes (dark skin, black hair), and Sarah made sure after telling this family member not to talk, to keep tabs on where she was, even got upset that she did not want to wait on other people to join the group. She singled this family member out and was very abrasive.

The kids had a scavenger hunt they were given by Frank (who was really a sweet gentleman). An older member of our family had said wow cool kids, you found all of the items on the scavenger hunt, and mentioned that it looked like fun and she should of done one too. When Sarah heard her, she snapped at her and said THEY ARE ONLY FOR KIDS and said give me all the pencils back now, there should be three, and she made sure she counted ALL the pencils upon gathering them....

Maybe we just rubbed her the wrong way? I'm not sure why she felt so offended by us. We weren't obnoxious, the children respond with yes ma'am, and say please and thank you. Nobody was loud, touching things or yelling...

My fiance and I heard they did weddings, and thought it would be a good place to check out. After that experience, we will not be back...

Great place to take a stroll and maybe learn a thing or two. Public boat launch also for you sailors.

Very well cared for. Good walking/biking paths and info markers.

Beautiful house with a tour all through the living quarters.

Amazing tour of the house, grounds are wonderful. Worth a trip.

The area is beautiful and well worth a stroll, especially at sunset.

If you come for the wine tastings, though, be aware: your ticket gets you two vineyards and a single brewery. They ll rush you through and won t be able to answer questions about the wine. Not at all the experience I expect for the price.

I loved it ! I am so glad I visited it, so pretty and well layed out on tour !

Peaceful, quiet park. Perfect for families and lighthouse hunters.

Great place to relax and walk around! Killer view of the sunset.

Love the park! You can get great photos here! It has interesting history, too! It's great! :)

Really enjoyed the tour. Excited to see a Regina in the foyer.

Amazing place to watch the sunset after an enjoyable day in Corolla.

You can learn little bits of local history while enjoying spectacular views

My husband and I toured Whalehead Club after Googling things to do in Corolla. We chose the self guided audio tour. Whalehead is a beautiful mansion and the staff was very friendly.

The WORST. Buy a local bottle n take it to the beach. 40 and a 40 min wait in line. The planning and logistics are bad.

A bit of history on a wealthy family. Over 21,000 sq ft home from 1920s.

Beautiful historical mansion with lots of art nouveau fixtures and architecture. Great scavenger hunt option for kids. They get prizes at the end if they find all the items in the pictures.

Went for the fireworks on the 4th, and it took over an hour to get out of the parking lot

Would absolutely recommend doing the house tour. The cost was very reasonable, only $5 a person.

Great place to walk around. Sound view and lots of people catching crabs. Museum is small but cute.

Would absolutely recommend doing the house tour. The cost was very reasonable, only $5 a person.

What a spectacular place to see! I thoroughly enjoyed my tour of the home and grounds so much, I went back for the hard-hat tour. The serenity of the home itself, as well as the nature around, made my trip! I would recommend taking a tour if you are staying in OBX.

Went here only to see the sunset and it was magnificent!

The Whalehead house and property is a unique look in to times past. The self guided audio tour adds much to the context of what is present. I definitely recommend the audio tour.

I first visited the Whalehead Club in 1997 or so when it was open to the public but not yet restored, and it was enchanting even then. It was great to see it in its full glory. The audio tour was really interesting and engaging (I get bored with that sort of thing, typically), and included nice historical tidbits and sound effects. My boyfriend and I were so glad we took the time to see this beautiful place!

Wonderful place to visit, the architecture is beautiful. One of Corolla's best places to visit it is surrounded by a lovely park and in walking distance from the light house. The nature museum and other points of interest surround the landmark.

Neat place to visit. All kinds of activities held on the grounds.

The self guided tour is all audio. I prefer docent led tours. However the cost isn't steep and the house is very beautiful. No pictures is such a lame rule. Also, you have to wait a bit to start. The way the tour walks you through the house is odd, but we enjoyed it. Especially the pink kitchen!

Love this historical home, and the park is very big

Well it is unearthly once you get up there... Like a desert out if the blue... Perfect place to fly kite!

What a lovely and interesting place! The docent we were with was enthusiastic and really quite knowledgeable about the local history and shared loads of "secrets" pertaining to the area. She had personal ties to many of the stories and had us wanting to come back for more. Be sure to stop in the Currituck wildlife building. That name is DEFINITELY wrong, so don't Google it. Sorry. Wonderful place despite my spacing out on the name. Go visit!!!

Enjoyed the tour and the beautiful home and land. Such a treasure...

Wine tasting fail. Went to the Wednesday wine tasting 'festival' needless to say the wine was good BUT stood out in the heat on a line for maybe 45 minutes waiting for the taste... Food truck food was mediocre, and was the only choice.. more for locals and not for anyone that has been to a nice wine tasting.. too hot, too long, not worth the $20.

We had a great time here. The grounds were the best part, but the tour was actually worth it as well. Interesting history and beautiful space.

Great display of nature and the historical context of the area.

We have been on the grounds of the Whalehead Beach Club several times, but we finally toured the house. As expected, the details of the craftsmanship and furnishings were impressive and charming.

One of the most beautiful places left in north america that commercialization hasnt destroyed

Kodak moment.....gotta have a picture of this house....it is not believable unless you have actually seen it.

Very interesting. A guided tour was most informative.

Did not take the tour, but enjoyed walking around the exterior and reading the signs that provided a background on the building and island. Absolutely beautiful home.

Never went crabbing until this year. Whale head is perfect for it. Just get the bait and a crab line at the tackle shop in Tim buck two

A beautiful place to visit. Outdoor vendors twice a year too. Next door to the Currituck Lighthouse.

Beautiful park around the historic house. Great for biking, picnics, Frisbee, walks...

Wish we could have taken pictures. It was very pretty.

It was beautiful there! My family and I had a wonderful walk there!