Cape Hatteras Lighthouse — Attraction in Hatteras Island

You can't currently climb the lighthouse (renovations), but you can go inside the sea museum, which used to be the home of the assistant lighthouse keepers. They also have some large stones with the names and years of the different lighthouse keepers across the years.

This is the tallest lighthouse in the USA, so it's pretty impressive. If you like lighthouses, it's worth the extra hour drive to get down there. Be forewarned, you'll need to walk back towards the keepers' homes if you want to get the whole lighthouse in one shot. It's out that tall.

There were a lot of Canada Geese hanging out, and we saw a few deer feeding with another group of them at the far end of the parking lot.

The rangers were also very friendly and informative. At least one of the ones I talked to volunteers for turtle watch to help protect the babies when they hatch and make sure they make it safely to the sea. That's so awesome because sea turtles are endangered and need all the help they can get.

The drive to Cape Hatteras seems like it takes forever, and we almost turned around. But I'm so glad we didn't. The time we spent down there ended being a highlight of the day and sent us home happy. Absolutely worth it.

Be sure to check out the info in the sea museum showing how they moved this giant lighthouse (to save it from the sea) while keeping it intact. It was quite an impressive engineering feat. I would have...

We started off at Cape Hatteras Lighthouse at opening at 10am. It was a very good start to the day. We stopped in the NPS store to start and picked up the brochure and stamped our passport. The Store/museum employee was extremely helpful and recommend and shared facts about the lighthouse.

The store had a lot of great books for both adults and kids and their passport section was outstanding, they even had multiple stickers for your book.

We headed out and viewed the lighthouse and marveled at how they moved it. It is very beautiful and we had a nice day, it would have been a little bit difficult in the rain, but paths are paved so you won't get muddy.

The lightkeepers houses were the best part, full of history and serving as a museum, they told the story and showed how things worked and informed the reader of the jobs that had to be done. It's no wonder that the Keepers didn't last a long time, it was really hard work.

The room dedicated to the move in 1999 was great and capped off an...

You could say that there's not much to say about a Lighthouse... let me tell you... you are wrong. Despite the fact that a Lighthouse is a Lighthouse. This Lighthouse was moved away 2,900 feet from its original place, in the middle of 1999. The details about the relocation of this Lighthouse are inside the museum. The entrance is free, but they take donations. We couldn't climb inside the Lighthouse. Please check for times the Lighthouse is open. The two story museum is located at the big house, there is no elevator inside, and the place is very small for a stroller. Theres a souvenir shop, and vey clean restrooms upon entrance. There are no hills, very moderate walking space. The general area of the park has ramps for strollers and wheelchairs. There were no restrictions about taking your own snacks or chairs to sit on the lawn. The area is pretty open and there are no shaded areas available. The only thing this place needs to make it five staars is a small...