Ocracoke Lighthouse

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187 Lighthouse Road
Ocracoke, NC 27960

www.nps.gov/caha/ocracoke-island-lighthouse.htm

Ocracoke Light was built in Hyde County, on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina in 1823 by Massachusetts builder Noah Porter. The lighthouse stands 75 feet (23 m) tall. Its diameter narrows from 25 feet (8 m) at the base to 12 feet (3.7 m) at its peak.

In 1864, Confederate troops dismantled the fourth-order Fresnel Lens, but Union forces later restored it.

Ocracoke Light is the oldest operating light station in North Carolina. The lighthouse was automated in 1955. During the summer months when there is a U.S. National Park Ranger on duty, visitors may enter the base of the lighthouse. However, climbing, unfortunately, is not allowed.

The lighthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 as Ocracoke Light Station.