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List of lighthouses in North Carolina

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This is a list of lighthouses in North Carolina.

Name Image Location Coordinates Year first lit Automated Year deactivated Current Lens Focal Height
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

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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

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  1. ^ "Bald Head Lighthouse". Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Name: Campbell's Island Light". Lighthouse Digest. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
  3. ^ "Currituck Beach Light Station". Outer Banks Lighthouse Society.
  4. ^ "National Data Buoy Center: Station DSLN7". Data Buoy Detail. NOAA, US National Data Buoy Center. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Gull Shoal Lighthouse". Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  7. ^ "Report for Gull Shoal Light Station (North Carolina) - 1909". United States Lighthouse Society. 1909.
  8. ^ 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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