• Cape Lookout Lighthouse from Barden Inlet

    Cape Lookout

    National Seashore North Carolina

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  • Change in Harkers Island Visitor Center Hours

    Harkers Island Visitor Center hours will be Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. until further notice.

Lighthouse 150th Anniversary Events

  • Volunteers Herb Stanford and Marjorie Spruill, dressed in the historic uniform of a 1900s lighthouse keeper and his spouse.
    Lighthouse Anniversary Celebration
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Did You Know?

Aerial view of Cape Lookout and Shackleford Banks

Barrier islands, such as those of Cape Lookout National Seashore, are piles of sand. As storms come up from the ocean the beaches are constantly rearranged.