List of lighthouses in North Carolina
This is a list of lighthouses in North Carolina.
Name | Image | Location | Coordinates | Year first lit | Automated | Year deactivated | Current Lens | Focal Height |
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Bald Head Light | ![]() | Bald Head Island | 33°52′24.5″N 78°0′24.5″W / 33.873472°N 78.006806°W / 33.873472; -78.006806 | 1794 (First) 1817 (Current) | 1985 (Relit) | Active[1] (Inactive: 1935–1985) | None | 110 110 ft (34 m) |
Bodie Island Light | ![]() | Nags Head | 35°49′07″N 75°33′48″W / 35.8185°N 75.5633°W / 35.8185; -75.5633 | 1847 (First) 1872 (Current) | 1940 | Active | First-order Fresnel | 156 156 ft (48 m) |
Campbell Island Light | None Known | Wilmington | Unknown | 1849[2] | Never | 1865[2] (Destroyed) | None | 025 25 ft (7.6 m)[2] |
Cape Fear Light | ![]() | Cape Fear | 33°53′34″N 78°02′05″W / 33.8927°N 78.0348°W / 33.8927; -78.0348 | 1903 | Never | 1958 (Demolished) | None | Unknown |
Cape Hatteras Light | ![]() | Buxton | 35°15′01.92″N 75°31′43.74″W / 35.2505333°N 75.5288167°W / 35.2505333; -75.5288167 | 1803 (First) 1870 (Current) | 1950 | Active | DCB-224 | 187 187 ft (57 m) |
Cape Lookout Light | ![]() | Cape Lookout | 34°36′19″N 76°32′10″W / 34.60528°N 76.53611°W / 34.60528; -76.53611 | 1812 (First) 1859 (Current) | 1950 | Active | LED | Unknown |
Croatan Shoal Light | Croatan Sound | N/A | Unknown | Never | 1864 (Destroyed) | None | Unknown | |
Currituck Beach Light | ![]() | Corolla | 36°22′36″N 75°49′51″W / 36.376667°N 75.830833°W / 36.376667; -75.830833 | 1875 | 1939 | Active | First-order Fresnel | 158 158 ft (48 m)[3] |
Diamond Shoal Light | Offshore | 35°9′12″N 75°17′48″W / 35.15333°N 75.29667°W / 35.15333; -75.29667[4] | 1966 | 1977 | 2001 | None | 125 125 ft (38 m) | |
Federal Point Light | N/A | Kure Beach | Unknown | 1817[5](First) 1866[5] (Last) | Never | 1879[5] (Destroyed in 1881) | None | Unknown |
Frying Pan Shoals Light | ![]() | Offshore | 33°29′N 77°35′W / 33.483°N 77.583°W / 33.483; -77.583 | 1964 | 1979 | 2003 | None | Unknown |
Gull Shoal Light | N/A | Pamlico Sound | 35°21′58″N 75°57′26″W / 35.366138°N 75.957323°W / 35.366138; -75.957323[6] | 1890 | Never | Unknown (Destroyed) | None | 44 ft (13 m)[7] |
Hatteras Beacon | ![]() | Buxton | Unknown | 1855 | Never | 1898 (Removed) | None | Unknown |
Laurel Point Light | ![]() | Laurel Point | N/A | 1880[8] | Never | 1950s[8] (Demolished) | None | Unknown |
Long Point Beacon Light | ![]() | Currituck | N/A | 1901 | Never | Unknown (Destroyed) | None | Unknown |
Neuse River Light | ![]() | Vandemere | N/A | 1828 | Never | Unknown (Destroyed) | None | 035 35 ft (11 m) |
North River Light | N/A | Albemarle Sound | N/A | 1866[8] | Never | 1917[8] (Moved in 1920) | None | Unknown |
Oak Island Light | ![]() | Oak Island | 33°53′34″N 78°02′06″W / 33.8929°N 78.035°W / 33.8929; -78.035 | 1849 (First) 1958 (Current) | Always | Active | LED | 169 169 ft (52 m) |
Ocracoke Light | ![]() | Ocracoke | 35°6′32.3″N 75°59′9.8″W / 35.108972°N 75.986056°W / 35.108972; -75.986056 | 1798 (First) 1823 (Current) | 1955 | Active | Fourth-order Fresnel | 075 75 ft (23 m) |
Pamlico Point Shoal Light | Mesic | N/A | 1828 (First) 1891 (Last) | Never | 1950s (Demolished) | None | Unknown | |
Price Creek Light | ![]() | Southport | 33°56′9″N 77°59′23″W / 33.93583°N 77.98972°W / 33.93583; -77.98972 | 1849 | Never | 1865 | None | 031 31 ft (9.4 m) |
Roanoke Marshes Light | Croatan Sound | 35°48′40″N 75°42′02″W / 35.81111°N 75.70056°W / 35.81111; -75.70056 | 1831 (First) 1877 (Last) | Never | 1955A (Destroyed) | None | Unknown | |
Roanoke River Light | ![]() | Albemarle Sound | 36°03′22″N 76°36′39″W / 36.056029°N 76.610905°W / 36.056029; -76.610905 | 1867 (First) 1903 (Current) | Never | 1941B (Preserved) | None | 035 35 ft (11 m) |
Wade Point Light | Pasquotank River (Entrance) | N/A | 1855 (First) 1899 (Last) | Never | 1950s (Destroyed) | None | Unknown |
Notes
- A.^ A replica of the 1877 lighthouse was built in 2004.[8]
- B.^ In 2003, a replica of the original 1866 lighthouse was built.[8]
References
- ^ "Bald Head Lighthouse". Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
- ^ a b c "Name: Campbell's Island Light". Lighthouse Digest. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
- ^ "Currituck Beach Light Station". Outer Banks Lighthouse Society.
- ^ "National Data Buoy Center: Station DSLN7". Data Buoy Detail. NOAA, US National Data Buoy Center. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
- ^ a b c Rebecca Taylor & Gayle Keresey (November 4, 2013). "The Search for the Federal Point Lighthouse". federal-point-history.org. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
- ^ "Gull Shoal Lighthouse". Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
- ^ "Report for Gull Shoal Light Station (North Carolina) - 1909". United States Lighthouse Society. 1909.
- ^ a b c d e f Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: North Carolina". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
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