Breath taking picture of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Cape Hatteras is the most popular lighthouse in North Carolina. You can climb 268 steps to the top! It is the tallest lighthouse in America at 208 feet. The familiar spiral-striped landmark serves as a warning to mariners of submerged and shifting sandbars which extend almost twenty miles off Cape Hatteras into the Atlantic Ocean, known as the Diamond Shoals. In 1999 the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse was moved a half mile inland, to save it from the encroaching sea. The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is now as far from the ocean as when originally constructed in 1870. Click Here for virtual tour Click Here for More Interesting Info Cape Lookout has a very distinctive diamond pattern. Here are some interesting facts: Present tower at Cape Lookout was built in 1859. It cost $45,000 to complete. Height: 163 feet There are a total of 269 steps to the top. Light is still operational day and night and visible for 19 miles. Cape Lookout was the first tall lighthouse to be built on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The lighthouse played an important role in the Civil War. It became fully automated in 1950. Cape Lookout is the only major lighthouse that operates during the day. Cape Lookout is maintained by the Coast Guard. To further learn about Cape Lookout, click on the picture above. Bodie Island is another beautiful painted black and white lighthouse. Interesting Facts: Popular folklore says that the island got its name because of the many bodies that were found around it, washed up from shipwrecks. The inside plaque reads “Body Island” - no one is certain on the spelling change. Bodie Lighthouse stands 156 feet tall. The height of each stripe is 22 feet. It has 214 stairs to the lantern. The beacon is visible up to 19 miles. The first keeper of Bodie Island Lighthouse was paid an annual salary of $400. Planning a trip yet? Check out these great websites below to learn more about the rest of the lighthouses in NC. Visiting NC Information on all 11 lighthouses Click on the map for driving directions. Let's continue down the coastline to sunny Florida! Home Interesting Facts Michigan's Lighthouses Florida's Lighthouses My Top 10 Educational Websites
Breath taking picture of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
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Here are some interesting facts:
Present tower at Cape Lookout was built in 1859.
To further learn about Cape Lookout, click on the picture above.
Interesting Facts:
Planning a trip yet? Check out these great websites below to learn more about the rest of the lighthouses in NC.
Visiting NC
Information on all 11 lighthouses
Click on the map for driving directions.
Let's continue down the coastline to sunny Florida!
Home Interesting Facts Michigan's Lighthouses Florida's Lighthouses My Top 10 Educational Websites
