The closest Picnic tables to those two locations would be at the Pettigrew SP main office and those will be subject to the same closure time as the park for non-campers which I believe is 7pm.
On the south side of those locations there are picnic tables at the Belhaven Beach on the SE corner of town. This “beach” is a gated park that I believe is daylight hours only so less suitable for afterwards.
It’s not as close as the first two or really close to anything but Wade’s Point has a picnic table. It’s at the end of Old Pamlico Beach Rd and isn’t subject to closure.
Also not exactly close but there are picnic tables at Bonner’s Point in Bath, NC if you are heading SW but I don’t recall the hours of this park either but its later than the Belhaven park.
If you are going NW then The Port o’ Plymouth Museum has picnic tables outside of it but again I don’t know the hours.
Finally heading NE to Creswell there are picnic tables at the Scuppernong River Park that I believe is open at night as well.
I hope this helps even though I don’t have the hours for all of them.
Happy birding,
Trevor Sleight
> On Jan 8, 2026, at 07:57, sheryl mcnair <carolinabirds...> wrote:
> Hi, does anyone know if there are picnic tables near Pungo Lake and/or Pettigrew St Pk? If so, where? And are they accessible after one waits to see the Snow Geese come in at dusk, so presumably after dark?
> Warmly,
> Sheryl
