List of lighthouses in North Carolina facts for kids
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 | 1794 (First) 1817 (Current) |
1985 (Relit) |
Active (Inactive: 1935–1985) |
None | 110 ft (34 m) |
| Bodie Island Light |  |
Nags Head | 35°49′07″N 75°33′48″W / 35.8185°N 75.5633°W | 1847 (First) 1872 (Current) |
1940 | Active | First-order Fresnel | 156 ft (48 m) |
| Campbell Island Light | None Known | Wilmington | Unknown | 1849 | Never | 1865 (Destroyed) |
None | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Cape Fear Light |  |
Cape Fear | 33°53′34″N 78°02′05″W / 33.8927°N 78.0348°W | 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 | 1803 (First) 1870 (Current) |
1950 | Active | DCB-224 | 187 ft (57 m) |
| Cape Lookout Light |  |
Cape Lookout | 34°36′19″N 76°32′10″W / 34.60528°N 76.53611°W | 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 | 1875 | 1939 | Active | First-order Fresnel | Unknown |
| Diamond Shoal Light | Offshore | 35°9′12″N 75°17′48″W / 35.15333°N 75.29667°W | 1966 | 1977 | 2001 | None | 125 ft (38 m) | |
| Federal Point Light | N/A | Kure Beach | Unknown | 1817(First) 1866 (Last) |
Never | 1879 (Destroyed in 1881) |
None | Unknown |
| Frying Pan Shoals Light |  |
Offshore | 33°29′N 77°35′W / 33.483°N 77.583°W | 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 | 1890 | Never | Unknown (Destroyed) |
None | 44 ft (13 m) |
| Hatteras Beacon |  |
Buxton | Unknown | 1855 | Never | 1898 (Removed) |
None | Unknown |
| Laurel Point Light |  |
Laurel Point | N/A | 1880 | Never | 1950s (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 | 35 ft (11 m) |
| North River Light | N/A | Albemarle Sound | N/A | 1866 | Never | 1917 (Moved in 1920) |
None | Unknown |
| Oak Island Light |  |
Oak Island | 33°53′34″N 78°02′06″W / 33.8929°N 78.035°W | 1849 (First) 1958 (Current) |
Always | Active | LED | 169 ft (52 m) |
| Ocracoke Light |  |
Ocracoke | 35°6′32.3″N 75°59′9.8″W / 35.108972°N 75.986056°W | 1798 (First) 1823 (Current) |
1955 | Active | Fourth-order Fresnel | 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 | 1849 | Never | 1865 | None | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Roanoke Marshes Light |  |
Croatan Sound | 35°48′40″N 75°42′02″W / 35.81111°N 75.70056°W | 1831 (First) 1877 (Last) |
Never | 1955 (Destroyed) |
None | Unknown |
| Roanoke River Light |  |
Albemarle Sound | 36°03′22″N 76°36′39″W / 36.056029°N 76.610905°W | 1867 (First) 1903 (Current) |
Never | 1941 (Preserved) |
None | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Wade Point Light |  |
Pasquotank River (Entrance) |
N/A | 1855 (First) 1899 (Last) |
Never | 1950s (Destroyed) |
None | Unknown |
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