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 | 33.8735°N -78.0068°W | 1794 (First) 1817 (Current) | 1985 (Relit) | Active[1] (Inactive: 1935–1985) | None | 110feet | ||
Bodie Island Light | Nags Head | 35.8185°N -75.5633°W | 1847 (First) 1872 (Current) | 1940 | Active | First-order Fresnel | 156feet | ||
Campbell Island Light | None Known | Wilmington | Unknown | 1849[2] | Never | 1865 (Destroyed) | None | 25feet | |
Cape Fear Light | Cape Fear | 33.8927°N -78.0348°W | 1903 | Never | 1958 (Demolished) | None | Unknown | ||
Cape Hatteras Light | Buxton | 35.2505°N -75.5288°W | 1803 (First) 1870 (Current) | 1950 | Active | DCB-224 | 187feet | ||
Cape Lookout Light | Cape Lookout | 34.6053°N -76.5361°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 | 36.3767°N -75.8308°W | 1875 | 1939 | Active | First-order Fresnel | [3] | 158feet||
Diamond Shoal Light | Offshore | 35.1533°N -75.2967°W[4] | 1966 | 1977 | 2001 | None | 125feet | ||
Federal Point Light | N/A | Kure Beach | Unknown | 1817[5] (First) 1866 (Last) | Never | 1879 (Destroyed in 1881) | None | Unknown | |
Frying Pan Shoals Light | Offshore | 33.4833°N -112°W | 1964 | 1979 | 2003 | None | Unknown | ||
Gull Shoal Light | N/A | Pamlico Sound | 35.3661°N -75.9573°W[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 (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 | 35feet | ||
North River Light | N/A | Albemarle Sound | N/A | 1866 | Never | 1917 (Moved in 1920) | None | Unknown | |
Oak Island Light | Oak Island | 33.8929°N -78.035°W | 1849 (First) 1958 (Current) | Always | Active | LED | 169feet | ||
Ocracoke Light | Ocracoke | 35.109°N -75.9861°W | 1798 (First) 1823 (Current) | 1955 | Active | Fourth-order Fresnel | 75feet | ||
Pamlico Point Shoal Light | Mesic | N/A | 1828 (First) 1891 (Last) | Never | 1950s (Demolished) | None | Unknown | ||
Price Creek Light | Southport | 33.9358°N -77.9897°W | 1849 | Never | 1865 | None | 31feet | ||
Roanoke Marshes Light | Croatan Sound | 35.8111°N -75.7006°W | 1831 (First) 1877 (Last) | Never | 1955 (Destroyed) | None | Unknown | ||
Roanoke River Light | Albemarle Sound | 36.056°N -76.6109°W | 1867 (First) 1903 (Current) | Never | 1941 (Preserved) | None | 35feet | ||
Wade Point Light | Pasquotank River (Entrance) | N/A | 1855 (First) 1899 (Last) | Never | 1950s (Destroyed) | None | Unknown |
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]