Visit Ocracoke Lighthouse An easy bike ride from Ocracoke village – make it a pit stop on the way to Springer’s Point – is Ocracoke Lighthouse, the second oldest operating lighthouse in the USA.

The first Ocracoke lighthouse was built on Shell Island and was destroyed by lightning in 1818. The oldest operating lighthouse in North Carolina, the present Ocracoke Lighthouse sits on a ...

"At 1:17 p.m., severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Hatteras Island Fishing Pier to near Avon to near Ocracoke Lighthouse, moving east at 25 mph," says the NWS.

the highest lighthouse in the nation; Ocracoke Lighthouse, located in the harbor that was once home to the infamous pirate Blackbeard; and Rhode Island’s Lime Rock Lighthouse, home to Ida Lewis ...

The visitor centers at Bodie Island, Ocracoke and Hatteras Island are open year-round from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Lighthouse hours vary. You don't have to pay to explore Cape Hatteras National Seashore ...

A Coastal Flood Advisory, Wind Advisory, and High Surf Advisory have been issued for Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands due to an ...