Hjerpsted is a West Schleswig geest village and roadside village. It is beautifully preserved, with 10 farms that were not relocated lying along a winding road layout with small connecting streets. Many original and well-preserved houses/farms in the West Schleswig building style with an arkengab above the door, surrounded by low cabbage-garden dikes in an unusual and rare village structure. Most houses face east-west.
At the southeastern end of the village is the listed former rectory. In the middle of the village is the community hall Vennelyst, established in 1907, housed in a farmhouse. In the southwestern part of the village there are a couple of good examples of houses in typical Jugendstil style from around 1900, including Hjerpstedvej 26, which was built in 1908.
The well-preserved houses are longhouses with steeply pitched roofs. The roofs are primarily thatched or tiled. The village is covered by a conservation local plan.
Hjerpsted kirke ligger ensomt vest for landsbyen. Kirken ligger højt på Hjerpsted bakkeø og direkte ud mod Vadehavet. Kirkegården er omkredset af et højt stendige, der beskytter godt imod vinden.
På kirkegården står flere interessante gravsten. Bl.a. af Hans Tycken, død 1664, kirkeværge og sandemand Tyge Tomsen, døe 1665, sognepræst Nicolaus Claudius, død 1740 og Merred Chrestens konge, død 1743. Desuden findes nogle gravsten fra 1800-tallet.
På kirkegården står et stort bøgetræ, der blev plantet af kong Christian X under et besøg i 1920.
Fra stranden er der en flot udsigt mod Sild og Rømø. Kysten her er et stykke oprindelig natur. Her er hverken diger, høfder eller slikgårde.
Der er et rigt fugleliv ved stranden med et stort antal vadefugle og trækfugle. Fra stranden kan man selv hente østers eller deltage på arrangerede ture. Stranden er ligeledes et yndet mål for at opleve smukke solnedgange.
