Lighthouse · Nags Head, North Carolina
Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse (replica)
A 2004 replica of the 1877 screw-pile cottage lighthouse that marked the southern entrance to Croatan Sound until it was decommissioned in 1955 and lost during an attempt to move it ashore. The white square cottage sits on pilings at the end of a boardwalk on the Manteo waterfront and houses a small exhibit run by the North Carolina Maritime Museum. It shows a private light rather than a charted aid.
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Quick facts
| Type | Lighthouse |
|---|---|
| Built | 2004 |
| Position | 35.9082°N, 75.6683°W |
| From Jennette's Pier, Nags Head | 6.7 km (4.1 mi), bearing 268° W |
| Source | OpenStreetMap; Curated (NOAA AWOIS / NC DMF / NPS) |
How to see it
Above water and inside the horizon from Jennette's Pier, Nags Head, 6.7 km (4.1 mi) away, so on a clear day it can be seen from there, and CoastFinder puts a label on it.
Point your phone at the real thing. The CoastFinder app draws this lighthouse over your live camera view from any beach, pier or boat near Nags Head, with its distance and height, and it works with no signal.
Nearby
- Roanoke IslandIsland · 3.1 km
- Bird IslandIsland · 4.3 km
- AR-197 artificial reefReef · 1.8 m · 6.0 km
- Wells IslandIsland · 6.8 km
- Jennette's PierPier · 6.8 km
- Nags Head Fishing PierPier · 8.1 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.