The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is opening for the season on Friday April 18th. It will be free to climb on the first day.

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Harkers Island, N.C. — The National Park Service (NPS) announced today that “Open House” tours of the Cape Lookout Lighthouse have been suspended for public safety reasons. Superintendent Russel J. Wilson said that an engineer’s inspection conducted this month revealed significant deterioration to the integrity of the tower’s circular stairway.
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From hamptonroads.com:
“The Currituck Beach Lighthouse, the largest single attraction in Currituck County, opens for the season Monday.
Built in 1875, the 162-foot tall lighthouse attracts about 100,000 people annually and helps fuel the Currituck Outer Banks tourism industry.”
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From hamptonroads.com:
Year after year, the Bodie Island Lighthouse has been in line to get funding for a complete restoration. Each time, it has been shoved aside.
Shut out once again in the federal budget that was signed by President Bush on Dec. 26, the 136-year-old tower is showing its age, with corroding metalwork, broken windows and [...]

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From the National Parks Service.
November 3, 2007 - Cape Lookout Lighthouse will be having another open house for it’s Anniversary
         On November 1, 1859 - Cape Lookout Lighthouse began operations.
Reservations accepted on Wednesday, October 17, beginning at 9:00 a.m.
Please be aware that, due to high demand, climbing reservations fill up within two hours on the [...]

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From hamptonroads.com:
The base of the Bodie Island Lighthouse
will open to the public Tuesday for the first time in three years,
thanks to a $100,000 emergency restoration project recently completed,
the National Park Service announced Friday.
The lighthouse closed to visitors in 2004 after chunks of cast iron
fell from the balcony and top window, the park service said [...]

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I have not yet climbed the Oak Island Lighthouse, but now that it is open for climbing, I am ready to do it.
 
The Oak Island Lighthouse is open for tours every Wednesday and Saturday from 10am to 2pm until September 6th.  Please visit the following site for more details:

http://www.oakislandlighthouse.org/tours.htm
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On June 14, 2003 the Cape Lookout Lighthouse was transferred from the United States Coast Guard to the National Park Service as part of Cape Lookout National Seashore. The Cape Lookout lighthouse will continue to be a working aid to navigation; warning ships of the location of Cape Lookout Shoals.
The National Park Service is working [...]

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We are creating a Frequently Asked Questions page to help you answer any questions you may have about North Carolina Lighthouses.  If there is a question you would like to see answered in the FAQ, please fill out the form below and we will try to include it.  Thank you!

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bodie–6, originally uploaded by cdawson.
Here is a picture I wanted to share with everyone.

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