Island · Cape Lookout, North Carolina
Harkers Island
A bridged island in Core Sound settled by refugees from Diamond City and Shackleford Banks after 1899, famous for its wooden boatbuilding tradition and the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum. The Cape Lookout National Seashore visitor center and ferries to the lighthouse leave from its east end.
Open in the viewer from Fort Macon, Atlantic Beach →
Quick facts
| Type | Island |
|---|---|
| Position | 34.6950°N, 76.5600°W |
| From Fort Macon, Atlantic Beach | 11 km (6.7 mi), bearing 92° E |
| Source | OpenStreetMap; Curated (NOAA AWOIS / NC DMF / NPS) |
How to see it
Above water and inside the horizon from Fort Macon, Atlantic Beach, 11 km (6.7 mi) away, so on a clear day it can be seen from there, and CoastFinder puts a label on it.
Further reading: Harkers Island, North Carolina on Wikipedia.
Point your phone at the real thing. The CoastFinder app draws this island over your live camera view from any beach, pier or boat near Cape Lookout, with its distance and height, and it works with no signal.
Nearby
- USS Pilgrim (SP-1204)Shipwreck · 1.3 m · 3.1 km
- Shackleford BanksIsland · 8.6 km
- Cape Lookout LighthouseLighthouse · 50 m · 8.7 km
- Bird ShoalShoal · 0.1 m · 8.8 km
- Queen Anne's RevengeShipwreck · 12.7 m · 10 km
- ParkinsShipwreck · 8.8 m · 15 km
Not for navigation. Positions and depths come from public charts and records, with their sources named above; they are for looking, not for piloting a boat.