Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

USA / North Carolina / Ocracoke / Lighthouse Road, 46379
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46379 Lighthouse Road
Buxton, NC 27920
www.nps.gov/caha/planyourvisit/chls.htm

The Cape Hatteras lighthouse is the tallest lighthouse in the United States at 225 feet and was built in 1869. Its beacon is visible for up to 20 miles. The lighthouse is open to the public and the 268 stairs of the spiral staircase that take visitors to the top comprise an endeavor well worth the expansive view of the Atlantic shoreline that awaits at the top.

Cape Hatteras National Seashore
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Coordinates:   35°15'2"N   75°31'43"W

Comments

  • Climbed it o/a 1954. railings missing in several places on the way up.
  • and climbing was free and with few rules
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