National Register of Historic Places listed place, National Register of Historic Places contributing property
Light
First lit
1859
Focal height
52 m (171 ft)
Lens
third order Fresnel lens
Range
12-19 miles
Characteristic
15-second flash cycle
Cape Lookout Light Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location
On Core Banks, Core Banks, North Carolina
Area
25 acres (10 ha)
Built
1857
NRHP reference No.
72000097[1]
Added to NRHP
October 18, 1972
The Cape Lookout Lighthouse is a 163-foot-high lighthouse located on the southern Outer Banks of North Carolina. It flashes every 15 seconds and is visible at least 12 miles out to sea and up to 19 miles. It is one of the very few lighthouses that operate during the day. It became fully automated in 1950.[2] The Cape Lookout Lighthouse is the only such structure in the United States to bear the checkered daymark, intended not only for differentiation between similar light towers, but also to show direction. The center of the black diamonds points in a north-south direction, while the center of the white diamonds points east-west.[3]
^"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: North Carolina". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-09-23. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
^"Cape Lookout". nps.gov. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
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