Places

Explore what remains of the places once called home--or home away from home--at Cape Lookout National Seashore.

 

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  Cape Lookout Light Station

  A "Light Station" consists not only of the actual lighthouse but also any supporting structures.

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  Cape Lookout Village

  The motorboats that killed this village as a permanent settlement gave it new life as a recreation destination.

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  Portsmouth Village

  The echoes of the past seem to surround you here, inviting you to explore and to imagine the daily struggle against this harsh environment.

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  Portsmouth Marine Hospital

  All that remains of North Carolina's first hospital building is the masonry cistern and a few other fragments of brickwork nearby