Currituck Light Station
June 23, 2008
Since our daughter was
staying at the beach house and we had time to ourselves, we drove a few miles
north to the Currituck Light Station today.
This deserves a separate review, so check it out below. It was a great day, although it rained most
of the time and after we returned from our lighthouse junket we basically
shacked up in the beach house with the college gang (and heard many more stories around drunken adventures).
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Currituck Light Sation
A terrific light house. Unlike the other classic stations in the Outer Banks, this 158-foot light house retains its beautiful brick exterior with no whitewash and black paint. And it consists of about one million bricks! Nestled in the pretty Currituck Heritage Park, another attraction of this lighthouse is that you can ascend to the top. Admission is $7 per person (free if 7 years or younger). There is a spiral metal staircase with plenty of landings to allow the up-down traffic to negotiate beyond each other. There are some informative displays at several landings and it is nicely done.
At the top you are afforded tremendous views. Of course you don’t want to look inland across the Banks to see the endless expanse of modern condos, but in all other directions you get to absorb the natural beauty. When you get back down you can check out the gift shop, in one of the preserved outbuildings at the foot of the beacon. Yes, we scored a tacky magnet! This truly is a delightful place where you can enjoy a magnificent lighthouse and much more!!!
At the top you are afforded tremendous views. Of course you don’t want to look inland across the Banks to see the endless expanse of modern condos, but in all other directions you get to absorb the natural beauty. When you get back down you can check out the gift shop, in one of the preserved outbuildings at the foot of the beacon. Yes, we scored a tacky magnet! This truly is a delightful place where you can enjoy a magnificent lighthouse and much more!!!
Currituck Light Station
What I must have looked liked ta…
The Keepers house from the top o…
Looking inland from atop Curritu…
Looking over the adjacent Herita…
Fresnel lens at the top of Curri…
Going up!
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