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    Cape Lookout

    National Seashore North Carolina

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List of Authorized Ferry Services

A variety of small boats are used to ferry visitors to Cape Lookout National Seashore.
Getting to Cape Lookout National Seashore can be an adventure!  Several styles and sizes of boats are used as ferries with 16 passenger flat bottom skiffs predominating.  Passengers are generally delivered directly onto the sound-side beach.  The larger ferries, some carrying up to 80 passengers, make use of the docks.  All are open to the elements.  On windy or rainy days be prepared to get wet.
 
Need to know the location of visitor centers, ferry landings and key points of interest? This link will open a park map (pdf - 1 mb) in a new window.
 


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Ferry Operators

Type

Take Pets?

Phone

North Core Banks - Portsmouth Village


Ocracoke (Rudy Austin) Portsmouth Island Boat Tours Pass Maybe - call first 252-928-4361
North Core Banks - Long Point

Atlantic Morris Marina Ferry Service Veh/Pass On leash or in vehicle 252-225-4261 OR 877-956-6568 (toll free)

South Core Banks - Great Island


Davis Davis Shore Ferry Service Veh/Pass In vehicle or crate 252-729-3474 OR 252-729-8411 (fax)

Cape Lookout Cabins & Camps Ferry Service Veh/Pass On leash or in vehicle 252-729-9751

South Core Banks - Cape Lookout Lighthouse & Shackleford Banks


Harkers Island Calico Jacks Ferry* Pass On leash 252-728-3575

Harkers Island Fishing Center Pass On leash 252-728-3907

Cape Pointe Marina* Pass Maybe - call first 252-728-6181

Local Yokel* Pass Maybe - call first 252-728-2759

Beaufort Outer Banks Ferry Service* Pass On leash 252-728-4129
Shackleford Banks Only

Morehead City Waterfront Ferry Service* Pass Maybe - call first 252-726-7678
Morehead City Crystal Coast Ferry Service Pass Maybe - call first 252-503-1955

Beaufort Island Ferry Adventures Pass Maybe - call first 252-728-7555
 

Make your reservations directly with the above providers.
Ferries usually operate from April through November. Those marked with an * may operate during the winter - weather permitting.
Note: Pets are permitted on SOME ferries to Cape Lookout National Seashore - call first for specifics. Ferry operators have the right to refuse to carry pets.

Did You Know?

Sand dollar

Sand dollars are living animals.  If you find one that is brown and fuzzy, leave it behind.  If it is white and smooth it has already died, and you may keep it. Cape Lookout National Seashore