Bald Head Lighthouse
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Bald Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Sand Hill stands 17 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Supply Shed, a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. Brunswick Town Road passes 12 miles off.
The story
Bald Head Lighthouse, known locally as Old Baldy, is the oldest lighthouse still standing in North Carolina. It is the second of three lighthouses that have been built on Bald Head Island since the 18th century to help guide ships past the dangerous shoals at the mouth of the Cape Fear river.
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Dates from 1817.
Wikidata Q4286356, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1817
What to expect
How to reach it
- 11.8 mi off the Brunswick Town Road
- 18.5 mi off the Green Swamp Byway
- 22.7 mi off the Cape Fear Historic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Marina Park: 0.2 mi
- The Common at Cape Fear Station: 2.8 mi
- Waterfront Park: 3.2 mi
- Southport Community Center: 3.2 mi
- Fort Johnston-Southport Museum & Visitors' Center: 3.2 mi
- Battery McDonough: 1.6 mi
- Battery Caswell: 1.6 mi
- Battery Madison: 1.7 mi
- Battery Swift: 1.7 mi
- Battery Bagley: 1.8 mi
- Bald Head Island Natural Area: 2.4 mi
- Bald Head Island Natural Area: 2.4 mi
- Bald Head Island Natural Area: 2.5 mi
- Bald Head Island Natural Area: 2.5 mi
- Bald Head Island Natural Area: 2.5 mi
- East Beach: 2.5 mi
- Caswell Beach: 3.3 mi
- Bay Beach: 3.6 mi
- Oak Island Cabana: 7.2 mi
- Long Beach: 9.3 mi
- Supply Shed: 0.0 mi
- Oak Island Lighthouse: 2.4 mi
- Captain Charlie’s I: 2.7 mi
- Cape Fear Lighthouse Foundation: 2.7 mi
- Generator House: 2.7 mi
- Fort Johnston: 3.2 mi
- North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport: 3.2 mi
- Fort Fisher Historic Museum: 8.3 mi
- North Carolina Military History Museum: 8.8 mi
- Federal Point History Center: 13.2 mi
- Caswell Avenue Community Garden: 3.8 mi
- Fly-Trap Farm: 20.0 mi
- The Transplanted Garden: 25.0 mi
- Barnes Bluff: 5.2 mi
- Big Bluff: 5.5 mi
- Sand Hill: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bald Head Lighthouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Hill | NNW 339° | 17 m | 20.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:51 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 19:50 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:37 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:29 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 50 | 56 | 63 | 71 | 79 | 82 | 81 | 76 | 67 | 57 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Southport 5 N, 8 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Bald Head, NC, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 75001242OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — Bald Head Island Lighthouse, reference 75001242, listed 04/28/75.
OpenStreetMap element way/368084564
Day trips start here
- Southport · 4 mi
- Oak Island · 8 mi
- Kure Beach · 10 mi
- Carolina Beach · 13 mi
- Wilmington · 25 mi
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