Bodie Island Lighthouse
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Bodie Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Kill Devil Hill stands 28 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Coquina Beach, a beach 1.1 miles away. Outer Banks Scenic Byway passes 0.5 miles off. 69 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.
The story
The current Bodie Island Lighthouse (pronounced “bah-dee island”) is the third that has stood in this vicinity of Bodie Island on the Outer Banks in North Carolina and was built in 1872. It stands 156 feet (48 m) tall and is located on the Roanoke Sound side of a portion of a peninsula that is the first part of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The lighthouse is just south of Nags Head, a few miles before Oregon Inlet. It was renovated from August 2009 to March 2013, and was made climbable by the public. There are 219 steps that spiral to the top. The 170-foot structure is one of only a dozen remaining tall, brick tower lighthouses in the United States — and one of the few with an original first-order Fresnel lens to cast its light.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1872.
Wikidata Q4286384, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 48 m
What to expect
- Step-free access
- No
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Outer Banks Scenic Byway, National
- 6.3 mi off the Roanoke Voyages Corridor
- 8.9 mi off the Alligator River Route
- 11.8 mi off the Pamlico Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Viewing Platform · 8 mi
69 named places within 25 miles
- Whalebone Park: 6.5 mi
- Harvey Soundside Park: 7.1 mi
- OBX Festival: 7.2 mi
- George Washington Creef Memorial Park: 8.6 mi
- Waterfront Park: 8.6 mi
- Pea Island Life Savers: 8.1 mi
- Fort Raleigh ruin: 11.6 mi
- 1903/12/17 Sculpture: 14.6 mi
- Wright Brothers Monument: 14.7 mi
- First Flight Boulder: 15.1 mi
- Roanoke Island Marshlands: 7.3 mi
- Roanoke Island Marshlands: 7.4 mi
- Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge: 10.8 mi
- Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge: 11.4 mi
- Kitty Hawk Woods Coastal Preserve: 15.8 mi
- Oregon Inlet Fishing Center: 1.7 mi
- Jumpmasters Trampoline Park: 7.8 mi
- Elizabeth II: 8.6 mi
- The Mother Vine: 9.4 mi
- Lost Colony House: 11.6 mi
- Outer Banks History Center: 8.6 mi
- Herbert M. Collins Boathouse: 8.7 mi
- Pea Island Cookhouse: 8.7 mi
- Cookhouse: 16.3 mi
- Midget House: 16.3 mi
- Seven Sisters: 9.6 mi
- Engagement Hill: 11.0 mi
- Lagerhead Hills: 12.9 mi
- Kill Devil Hill: 14.7 mi
- Kill Devil Hills: 14.9 mi
- Coquina Beach: 1.1 mi
- Rodanthe Public Beach Access: 16.5 mi
- Roanoke Colony: 11.5 mi
- Buffalo City: 19.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bodie Island Lighthouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kill Devil Hill | NNW 337° | 28 m | 14.7 mi |
| West Hill | NNW 336° | 14 m | 15.0 mi |
| Engagement Hill | NNW 336° | 6 m | 11.0 mi |
| Seven Sisters | NNW 339° | 5 m | 9.6 mi |
| Kill Devil Hills | NNW 337° | 2 m | 14.9 mi |
| Lagerhead Hills | SSE 159° | 1 m | 12.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:41 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:45 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:27 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:13 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 45 | 51 | 60 | 67 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 74 | 65 | 55 | 48 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manteo AP, 10 mi away.
Mean tidal range 0.91 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station OREGON INLET MARINA, NC, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 03000607OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Bodie Island Lighthouse , reference 03000607, listed 07/04/03.
OpenStreetMap element way/295323506
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