[EXPIRED] Cape Lookout Lighthouse Open for Climbing, southeast of Beaufort Inlet
Cape Lookout Bight – Click for Chartview
Cape Lookout Lighthouse – Click for Chartview
Our thanks to MTOA member Frank Erwin for sending this notice from Carteret County News Times about the Cape Lookout Lighthouse.
Cape Lookout Bight is a wonderful, natural harbor formed by Cape Lookout’s curve of land. This superb anchorage, one of the most popular in North Carolina, is best accessed via the Beaufort Inlet, rather than through Back Sound.
The Cape Lookout Lighthouse is now going to be open to climb to the top, starting May 14 – only Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 10 am – 3:45 pm. (It closes again September 22) Anchor and dinghy ashore!!!!
Frank Erwin
The News Times – Carteret County NC
Cape Lookout Lighthouse to open for climbs Wednesday
Posted: Saturday, May 11, 2013 4:10 pm
HARKERS ISLAND ‘” The Cape Lookout Lighthouse will open for climbing starting Wednesday through Sept. 21.
The lighthouse will be open weekly each Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Climbs will begin every 15 minutes from 10 a.m. ‘“ 3:45 p.m. The lighthouse may close at any time if conditions, such as temperature/humidity, lightning or high winds, are determined to be unsafe. The seashore will announce on Twitter at @CapeLookoutNPS and
on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CapeLookoutNPS when lighthouse tickets are sold out for the day and when weather related closures occur.
Tickets will be $8 for adults, $4 for children 12 years of age and younger and $4 for senior citizens 62 years and older and those holding a National Parks and Federal Recreation Lands Access Pass. Ticket prices do not include the cost of ferry transportation. For more information on ferry services, contact the ferry companies directly.
Tickets for climbs may be purchased from 9:30 a.m. – 3:45 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday at the Light Station Visitor Center next to the lighthouse. Each ticket is good only for the date and time stamped on the ticket. Ticket holders should arrive at the lighthouse 10 minutes before their scheduled climb. Tickets will not be refunded for late arriving guests. Reservations for lighthouse tickets will no longer be available except to
school groups. Tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Only four groups of 10 people may enter the lighthouse per hour. Engineers established this safety limit after they examined the lighthouse.
The climb to the top is strenuous. It may be hot, humid, noisy and dim inside the lighthouse. Climbing the 207 steps to the gallery is roughly equal to climbing a 12-story building. The stairs are narrow and groups going up will share the stairs with groups returning to the bottom. Visitors with heart, respiratory or other medical conditions ‘“ or those who have trouble climbing stairs ‘“ should probably not attempt the climb. Visitors who do not wish to climb can view the four outside `View from the Top’ exhibits located near the lighthouse Keepers’
Quarters, the panorama located in the Keepers’ Quarters Museum, and the online panoramas on this website.
Children must be at least 44 inches tall to climb the lighthouse due to the often-strong winds at the top that can knock children off their feet. Climbers who are 12 years old or younger must be accompanied by someone 16 years of age or older.
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