Currituck Beach Lighthouse

Climb to the top of the last remaining brick lighthouse on the Outer Banks and learn the history of this historic structure.

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• North Carolina Coastal Lighthouses With each click of the mouse, find pictures of a chosen NC lighthouse, complete with all the vital statistics such as its location, county, color, design, height, and signal visibility. Each lighthouse is also accompanied by a short history of the landmark.
• Lighthouses of North Carolina Find the histories and images of nine North Carolina lighthouses: Bald Head Island Light, Bodie Island Light, Cape Hatteras Light, Cape Lookout Light, Currituck Beach Light, Oak Island Light, Ocracoke Island Light, Prices Creek Light, and Roanoke River Light.

Related pages

• Historic Edenton: Contains a brief introduction and history of the town as well as a listing of special events.
• Chatham County Historical Museum: Students will find many historic artifacts at this museum located in the center of Pittsboro in the old Chatham County Courthouse.
• Historic Stagville: Read about the history of the plantation, the Bennehan and Cameron families who owned the plantation, the slave community, the structures on the plantation, and the effect the Civil War had on Stagville Plantation.

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• Learn more about Currituck County, North Carolina, Outer Banks, architecture, arts, civil war, conservation, historic sites, history, national landmarks, and preservation history.

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The only lighthouse in North Carolina still housed in its original structure and one of only a dozen lighthouses nationwide with an original Fresnel lens still in use, the Currituck Beach Lighthouse is in the National Register of Historic Places. The lighthouse remains today an active aid to navigation and serves a 40 mile stretch of the Atlantic coast between Cape Henry in VA and Bodie Island in NC.

Tour groups are welcomed at the Currituck Beach Lighthouse. Special rates are available for school groups provided arrangements are made in advance with the site manager who may be reached by telephone at 252-453-8152 or by e-mail at info@currituckbeachlight.com.

For additional information on the history of the lighthouse see: The National Park Service Report on the Currituck Beach Lighthouse.