Cape Lookout National Seashore
IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape)
Location	Outer Banks, Carteret County, North Carolina, USA
Nearest city	Harkers Island, NCNearest city: Harkers Island, NC
Coordinates	34°36′19″N 76°32′11″W / 34.60528°N 76.53639°W / 34.60528; -76.53639Coordinates: 34°36′19″N 76°32′11″W / 34.60528°N 76.53639°W / 34.60528; -76.53639
Area	28,243.36 acres (114.2968 km2)
Established	March 10, 1966 Established: March 10, 1966
Visitors	692,857 (in 2005)
Governing body	National Park Service

View of Cape Lookout Lighthouse at the Cape Lookout National Seashore. South Core Banks, Carteret County, NC.

Cape Lookout National Seashore preserves a 56 mile (90 km) long section of the Southern Outer Banks, or Crystal Coast, of North Carolina, USA, running from Ocracoke Inlet on the northeast to Beaufort Inlet on the southeast. Three undeveloped barrier islands make up the seashore - North Core Banks, South Core Banks and Shackleford Banks. The seashore includes two historic villages on Core Banks, Shackleford's wild horses, and the Cape Lookout Lighthouse, which has a black-and-white diamond pattern. A visitors center for the seashore is located on Harkers Island.

The National Park Service, as part of their Centennial Initiative celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2016, is planning to rehabilitate the Lighthouse and restore the Cape Lookout and Portsmouth Village Historic Districts.^[1]

[edit] History

The National Seashore was authorized on March 10, 1966. It was named a North Carolina Natural Heritage Area on May 23, 1986. The seashore was designated the Carolinian-South Atlantic Biosphere Reserve on June 16, 1986. Near noon on September 9, 2007, Tropical Storm Gabrielle made landfall at this exact point with winds of 60 mph (97 km/h). Damage was light but flooding and beach erosion affected the this lookout.

[edit] References

[edit] Bibliography

• The National Parks: Index 2001–2003. Washington: U.S. Department of the Interior.
• Timblin, Carol (September/October 2008). "A World Away: Getting to North Carolina's Cape Lookout National Seashore is getting away from it all". AAA World (AAA Midatlantic) 10 (5): pp. 26. http://www.aaamidatlantic.com/AAAWorld/Article?id=1080. Retrieved 2008-09-04. 

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[edit] External links

• Official NPS website: Cape Lookout National Seashore
• Cape Lookout Studies Program