List of lighthouses in North Carolina
This is a list of lighthouses in North Carolina.
Name | Image | Location | Year first lit | Deactivated | Height | Reference |
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Bald Head Light | ![]() |
Bald Head Island | 1789 | 1930 | 110 ft (34 m) | |
Bodie Island Light | ![]() |
Four miles north of Oregon Inlet | 1872 | n/a | 156 ft (48 m) | |
Cape Fear Light | ![]() |
Mouth of the Cape Fear River | 1903 | 1958 | 150 ft (46 m) | |
Cape Hatteras Light | ![]() |
North of Cape Point | 1870 | n/a | 198.5 ft (60.5 m) | [1] |
Cape Lookout Light | ![]() |
Core Banks | 1859 | n/a | 169 ft (52 m) | |
Croatan Shoal Light | |
Between Croatan and Albemarle Sound | 1887 | 40 ft (12 m) | ||
Currituck Beach Light | ![]() |
Near Corolla | 1875 | n/a | 158 ft (48 m) | |
Diamond Shoal Light | |
Approximately 13 mi (21 km) southeast of Buxton | 1966 | 2001 | 120 ft (37 m) | [2] |
Frying Pan Shoals Light | ![]() |
Approximately 28 mi (45 km) southeast of Southport | 1966 | 2003 | 158 ft (48 m) | |
Laurel Point Light | ![]() |
Laurel Point | 1880 | 1950s | 42 ft (13 m) | [3] |
Long Point Beacon Light | ![]() |
Currituck Sound | 1901 | 26 ft (7.9 m) | ||
Federal Point Light | Near Kure Beach | 1866 | 1879 | |||
Hatteras Beacon | ![]() |
Near Buxton | 1855 | 1898 | [4] | |
Neuse River Light | ![]() |
Piney Point | 1862 | 35 ft (11 m) | ||
Oak Island Light | ![]() |
Oak Island | 1958 | n/a | 169 ft (52 m) | [5] |
Ocracoke Light | ![]() |
Ocracoke Island | 1823 | n/a | 158 ft (48 m) | |
Pamlico Point Shoal Light | |
Pamlico Point | 1891 | 43.5 ft (13.3 m) | ||
Price Creek Light | ![]() |
Near Southport | 1848 | 1860s | 26 ft (7.9 m) | |
Roanoke Marshes Light | |
Pamlico and Croatan Sound | 1877 | 1955 | 37 ft (11 m) | |
Roanoke River Light | ![]() |
Albemarle Sound | 1903 | 1941 | 158 ft (48 m) | |
Wade Point Light | |
Pasquotank River | 1899 | 39 ft (12 m) |
References
- ↑ "Inventory of Historic Lighthouses". National Park Service. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
- ↑ http://www.ncwiseowl.org/CarolinaClips/lighthouses/Diamond/DIAMOND.html
- ↑ http://www.lighthousedepot.com/lite_digest.asp?action=get_article&sk=01269
- ↑ http://www.lighthousedepot.com/lite_digest.asp?action=get_article&sk=1012&bhcd2=1272165607
- ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: North Carolina". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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