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Ocracoke Lighthouse

Ocracoke Lighthouse
Ocracoke, NC
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Top-Rated Nearby Hotels
Hotel GBP* Distance Rating
The Slushy Stand N/A 0.3 mi 0.5 km 3 of 5 stars
Blackbeard's Lodge N/A 0.4 mi 0.7 km 3.5 of 5 stars
Edwards of Ocracoke £65 0.5 mi 0.8 km 4.5 of 5 stars
Sand Dollar Motel N/A 4.2 mi 6.8 km 4 of 5 stars
Bluff Shoal £68 4.2 mi 6.8 km 4 of 5 stars
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Top-Rated Nearby Restaurants
restaurant Distance Rating
Ocracoke Coffee Company 0.4 mi 0.7 km 4.5 of 5 stars
Back Porch 0.4 mi 0.7 km 3.5 of 5 stars
Sweet Tooth and Fig Tree Bakery & Deli 1.0 mi 1.6 km 4.5 of 5 stars
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Top-Rated Nearby Things to Do
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Windfall Schooner Cruise 0.5 mi 0.7 km 4.5 of 5 stars
Ocracoke Parasail Inc. 5.8 mi 9.4 km 4 of 5 stars
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse 17.4 mi 28.0 km 4.5 of 5 stars
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Professional Advice (5)
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“Ocracoke in Fall: Gloriously Empty” New York Times (free registration required)
“A Hidden Treasure No Longer” New York Times (free registration required)
“Ocracoke Island” insiders.com
“Watching Over the Waters: Lighthouses of the Outer Banks of North Carolina” Traveling Today
“A Weekend on the Outer Banks” Go World Travel Magazine
TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #3 of 16 attractions in Ocracoke
Traveller Description: The oldest lighthouse still in operation in North Carolina.
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Attraction type: Lighthouse
Address: Ocracoke, NC

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“little hard to find. but nice lighthouse to visit.”
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3 of 5 stars
codelode84
Cincinnati, Ohio
9 Jun 2008

Like the other review said can't get to close to the lighthouse. It would be nice to have some limited hours to visit the house and it is a little hard to find. more

“short and stout”
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4 of 5 stars
chemical_girl
Oxford, UK
9 Nov 2006

Can't go that close to it but somehow its a very friendly looking lighthouse it may have been my favourite of the three i saw (hateras and bodie). more

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