List of lighthouses in North Carolina

This is a list of lighthouses in North Carolina.

Name Image Location Year first lit Deactivated Height Reference
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

  1. ↑ "Inventory of Historic Lighthouses". National Park Service. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
  2. ↑ http://www.ncwiseowl.org/CarolinaClips/lighthouses/Diamond/DIAMOND.html
  3. ↑ http://www.lighthousedepot.com/lite_digest.asp?action=get_article&sk=01269
  4. ↑ http://www.lighthousedepot.com/lite_digest.asp?action=get_article&sk=1012&bhcd2=1272165607
  5. ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: North Carolina". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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