| Cape Lookout National Seashore | | IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape) | | | | Location | Outer Banks, North Carolina, USA | | Nearest city | Harkers Island, NC | | Coordinates | 34°36′19″N 76°32′11″W / 34.60528, -76.53639 | | Area | 28,243.36 acres
114.30 km² | | Established | March 10, 1966 | | Total visitation | 692,857 (in 2005) | | Governing body | National Park Service | 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 World Conservation Union or International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ...
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North Carolinas Outer Banks separating the Atlantic Ocean (east) from Albemarle Sound (north) and Pamlico Sound (south). ...
Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Largest metro area Charlotte metro area Area Ranked 28th - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²) - Width 150 miles (240 km) - Length 560[1] miles (901 km) - % water 9. ...
Harkers Island is a census-designated place (CDP) in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. ...
March 10 is the 69th day of the year (70th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ...
The National Park Service (NPS) is the United States federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. ...
North Carolinas Outer Banks separating the Atlantic Ocean (east) from Albemarle Sound (north) and Pamlico Sound (south). ...
The Crystal Coast is a stretch of coastline in North Carolina from Cape Lookout eastward to the New River. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Largest metro area Charlotte metro area Area Ranked 28th - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²) - Width 150 miles (240 km) - Length 560[1] miles (901 km) - % water 9. ...
Shackleford Banks is an island off of the coast of North Carolina. ...
The current Cape Lookout Lighthouse is the second lighthouse that has stood at this location, and is nearly identical to the Bodie Island Lighthouse modeled after it. ...
Harkers Island is a census-designated place located in Carteret County, North Carolina. ...
Administrative 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. Damage was light but flooding and beach erosion affected the this lookout. A National seashore, in the United States, is a seashore area federally designated as being of natural and recreational signifance as a preserved area. ...
March 10 is the 69th day of the year (70th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ...
is the 143rd day of the year (144th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ...
is the 167th day of the year (168th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ...
The name Gabrielle has been used for four tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean. ...
View of Cape Lookout Lighthouse at the Cape Lookout National Seashore. South Core Banks, Carteret County, NC. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2592 × 1944 pixel, file size: 2. ...
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References The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) is a Cabinet department of the United States government that manages and conserves most federally owned land. ...
External links | Protected Areas of North Carolina | | National Park Service | Appalachian Trail • Cape Hatteras National Seashore • Cape Lookout National Seashore • Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site • Fort Raleigh National Historic Site • Great Smoky Mountains National Park • Guilford Courthouse National Military Park • Moores Creek National Battlefield • Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail • Wright Brothers National Memorial Official language(s) English Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Largest metro area Charlotte metro area Area Ranked 28th - Total 53,865 sq mi (139,509 km²) - Width 150 miles (240 km) - Length 560[1] miles (901 km) - % water 9. ...
The National Park Service (NPS) is the United States federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. ...
The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the Appalachian Trail or simply The A.T., is a 2,174-mile (3,500-km)[2] marked hiking trail in the eastern United States, extending between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine. ...
Cape Hatteras National Seashore is a United States national park in North Carolina. ...
The Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, located in Flat Rock, North Carolina near Henderson, preserves Connemara Farms, the home of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and writer Carl Sandburg (1878-1967). ...
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site preserves the location of the first English settlement in North America. ...
Cades Cove panorama The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a United States National Park that straddles the ridgeline of the Great Smoky Mountains, part of the Blue Ridge Mountains which are a division of the larger Appalachian Mountain chain. ...
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park is a unit of the National Park Service at 2331 New Garden Road in Greensboro, North Carolina. ...
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The Pisgah National Forest covers 1,076,711 acres (4,357 km²) of mountainous terrain across western North Carolina. ...
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