Ocracoke Lighthouse

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Jun152014

Ocracoke, the ferry island on North Carolina’s southern Outer Banks

Last month I passed through the Outer Banks island of Ocracoke, North Carolina for about eight hours. A 7:00am Cedar Island ferry ride to the village of Ocracoke where I stayed several hours, followed by a fourteen-mile long island road drive to reach the other seaport ferry for transportation to Hatteras Island and the continuation…

Jun052014

Three lighthouses of Cape Hatteras National Seashore

by Ric Garrido 1 Comment

Three historic light stations are located along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore of North Carolina with Ocracoke, Hatteras and Bodie Island lighthouses. Ocracoke lighthouse from 1823 is the oldest lighthouse in North Carolina and the second oldest in the USA. Hatteras lighthouse is the tallest lighthouse in the USA. Bodie lighthouse was blown up in…