About this campground
Available Facilities: Restrooms, first aid, shade shelter, water fountain. Purchase tickets for climbing the lighthouse at the ticket window. Also available: park passport stamp station, free Jr Ranger & Jr Ranger Activity guides, bookstore, beach wheelchair (free rental) Located on South Core Banks near the Cape Lookout Lighthouse, this visitor center is reached only by the park ferry or private boat. Open from mid-March through October, 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM daily.
Getting there
Located on South Core Banks 3 miles offshore from the Harkers Island Visitor Center, the primary way to reach the Light Station Vistior Center is by the passenger ferry or taking your personal boat. Visitors with 4-wheel drive vehicles may take the vehicle ferry from Davis to the Great Island Cabin Camp on South Core Banks and drive the 10 miles down the beach to the entrance from the "backroad" between Ramp 40 & Ramp 41.
Nearby federal campgrounds
- Harkers Island Visitor CenterCape Lookout National Seashore4 mi
- GREAT ISLAND CABIN CAMPCape Lookout National Seashore11 mi
- Great Island Cabin OfficeCape Lookout National Seashore11 mi
- South Core Banks -- Beach campingCape Lookout National Seashore11 mi
- OYSTER POINT CAMPGROUNDNational Forests in North Carolina17 mi
- LONG POINT CABIN CAMPCape Lookout National Seashore24 mi
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Light Station Visitor Center doesn't take campsite reservations — but plenty of nearby North Carolina campgrounds do, and we'll alert you the moment a sold-out site opens up.
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