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Bodie Island Lighthouse

A striped 1872 lighthouse standing in the marshes, and the one on the Seashore you can climb right now.

Official Website
Photo: RyanGRodgers · CC BY-SA 3.0
Open
Climbing about late April to mid-October; grounds year-round
Price
Paid climb; free grounds
Time Needed
1 hour
Address
8210 Bodie Island Lighthouse Rd, Nags Head, NC 27959Google MapsApple Maps
Getting There
On NC 12, about six miles south of Whalebone Junction.

Why Go

It's 214 steps to the top, with a view over the salt marsh and the sound. A boardwalk behind it is good for birds, and the old keeper's quarters is now a visitor center.

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