Cape Lookout Light
Core Banks, NC · Active aid to navigation
No access information published
Those records publish navigation and historic data only — no visitor-access information — so none is shown. Access, if any, is set by the owner or operator.
Access source: Federal records checked: the U.S. Coast Guard AtoN / Light List record for this aid and its National Register of Historic Places record · Checked 2026-11-12
Owner / operator: National Park Service (structure maintained by NPS, per the USCG AtoN record)
The light
| Location | Core Banks, NC (Carteret County) |
|---|---|
| Status | Active aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file) |
| Light List number | 670 |
| Light characteristic | Fl W 15s |
| Height of light above water | 169 ft (USCG AtoN) |
| Structure | Conical brick tower, black and white diagonally checkered. |
| National Register of Historic Places | Listed 10/18/1972 · Reference #72000097 |
| Position | 34.62275, -76.52454 (federal record; not for navigation) |
| Coast Guard remark | Structure maintained by the National Park Service. |
Sources
USCG AtoN file via NOAA MarineCadastre (USCG NAVCEN data); NPS National Register of Historic Places listed-properties database (nps.gov).