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
Bald Head Light		Bald Head Island	33°52′24.5″N78°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	110110 ft (34 m)
Bodie Island Light		Nags Head	35°49′07″N75°33′48″W / 35.8185°N 75.5633°W / 35.8185; -75.5633	1847 (First) 1872 (Current)	1940	Active	First-order Fresnel	156156 ft (48 m)
Campbell Island Light	None Known	Wilmington	Unknown	1849 [2]	Never	1865 [2] (Destroyed)	None	02525 ft (7.6 m) [2]
Cape Fear Light		Cape Fear	33°53′34″N78°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″N75°31′43.74″W / 35.2505333°N 75.5288167°W / 35.2505333; -75.5288167	1803 (First) 1870 (Current)	1950	Active	DCB-224	187187 ft (57 m)
Cape Lookout Light		Cape Lookout	34°36′19″N76°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″N75°49′51″W / 36.376667°N 75.830833°W / 36.376667; -75.830833	1875	1939	Active	First-order Fresnel	158158 ft (48 m) [3]
Diamond Shoal Light		Offshore	35°9′12″N75°17′48″W / 35.15333°N 75.29667°W / 35.15333; -75.29667 [4]	1966	1977	2001	None	125125 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′N77°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″N75°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	03535 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″N78°02′06″W / 33.8929°N 78.035°W / 33.8929; -78.035	1849 (First) 1958 (Current)	Always	Active	LED	169169 ft (52 m)
Ocracoke Light		Ocracoke	35°6′32.3″N75°59′9.8″W / 35.108972°N 75.986056°W / 35.108972; -75.986056	1798 (First) 1823 (Current)	1955	Active	Fourth-order Fresnel	07575 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″N77°59′23″W / 33.93583°N 77.98972°W / 33.93583; -77.98972	1849	Never	1865	None	03131 ft (9.4 m)
Roanoke Marshes Light		Croatan Sound	35°48′40″N75°42′02″W / 35.81111°N 75.70056°W / 35.81111; -75.70056	1831 (First) 1877 (Last)	Never	1955 A (Destroyed)	None	Unknown
Roanoke River Light		Albemarle Sound	36°03′22″N76°36′39″W / 36.056029°N 76.610905°W / 36.056029; -76.610905	1867 (First) 1903 (Current)	Never	1941 B (Preserved)	None	03535 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

1. "Bald Head Lighthouse". Lighthouse Friends. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
2. "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 March 13, 2009.
5. 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. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: North Carolina". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved October 14, 2017.