Oak Island Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Why pick this one
Oak Island Lighthouse offers free reserved climbs to its 131-step gallery and seasonal no-reservation open-house tours.
Best for
- Visitors seeking a free climb to a lighthouse gallery
- Visitors age 9 or older able to climb 131 metal ship stairs
- Families seeking seasonal, no-reservation tours to the first landing
- Visitors interested in lighthouse construction and Cape Fear maritime history
- Visitors wanting year-round access to lighthouse grounds
Look elsewhere if
- Visitors needing a top climb without an advance reservation
- Visitors under age 9 seeking access to the lighthouse top
- Visitors needing top tours outside the published morning schedule
- Visitors seeking tours on major holidays
Specialties
- top-of-lighthouse climbs
- open-house tours to the first landing
- lighthouse history education
Certifications
- National Register of Historic Places listing
- 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation
What makes them different
- 100% volunteer-managed lighthouse in North Carolina
- Free top tours climb 131 metal ship stairs to the gallery level
- Free open-house tours require no reservation and run seasonally
- Grounds are open year-round from dawn to dusk with free parking
- The lighthouse is a 153-foot reinforced-concrete structure completed in 1958
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 300a Caswell Beach Rd, Caswell Beach, NC 28465
- Phone
- +19102785471
- Website
- http://www.oakislandlighthouse.org
- oakislandlighthouse@gmail.com
Services
- lighthouse tours
- historic site visitation
- lighthouse grounds access