• Cape Lookout Lighthouse from Barden Inlet

    Cape Lookout

    National Seashore North Carolina

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Photo Gallery

  • Horse Grazing
    Shackleford Banks Horses
    14 Photos
  • Adult female loggerhead on beach
    Sea Turtles
    15 Photos
  • Cape Lookout Lighthouse in the afternoon
    Cape Lookout Lighthouse
    12 Photos
  • Portsmoth Village Map
    Portsmouth Village Audio Tour Photos
    42 Photos
  • Cape Lookout Lighthouse illuminated with quarter moon in the night sky.
    Lighthouse at Night
    4 Photos
  • Black and Yellow Argiope
    Island Creatures
    10 Photos
  • Cabins at dusk
    Scenery & Plants
    19 Photos
  • Harbor Seal resting and sun bathing
    Ocean and Shoreline Creatures
    14 Photos

Did You Know?

Portsmouth Life-Saving Station crew pose in their surfboat.

"You have to go out, you don't have to come back" was the unofficial motto of the U.S. Life-Saving Service. The Life-Saving Service rescued shipwreck victims from stations located in Portsmouth, and on Core Banks and Cape Lookout. Cape Lookout National Seashore More...