Cape Lookout National Seashore

Cape Lookout National Seashore

Infobox protected area
name = Cape Lookout National Seashore
iucn_category = V


caption =
locator_x = 251
locator_y = 100
location = Outer Banks, Carteret County, North Carolina, USA
nearest_city = Harkers Island, NC
lat_degrees = 34
lat_minutes = 36
lat_seconds = 19
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 76
long_minutes = 32
long_seconds = 11
long_direction = W
area = 28,243.36 acres
114.30 km²
established = March 10, 1966
visitation_num = 692,857
visitation_year = 2005
governing_body = National Park Service

Cape Lookout National Seashore preserves a 56 mile (90 km) long section of the Southern Outer Banks, or Crystal Coast, of North Carolina, USA, running from Ocracoke Inlet on the northeast to Beaufort Inlet on the southeast. Three undeveloped barrier islands make up the seashore - North Core Banks, South Core Banks and Shackleford Banks. The seashore includes two historic villages on Core Banks, Shackleford's wild horses, and the Cape Lookout Lighthouse, which has a black-and-white diamond pattern. A visitors center for the seashore is located on Harkers Island.

The National Park Service, as part of their Centennial Initiative celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2016, is planning to rehabilitate the Lighthouse and restore the Cape Lookout and Portsmouth Village Historic Districts. [cite web | last =Bomar | first =Mary A. | authorlink =Mary A. Bomar | title =Summary of Park Centennial Strategies | publisher =National Park Service | month =August | year =2007 | url =http://www.nps.gov/2016/assets/files/Summary-of-Park-Centennial-Strategies.pdf | format =PDF | accessdate =2008-02-15]

Administrative history

The National Seashore was authorized on March 10, 1966. It was named a North Carolina Natural Heritage Area on May 23, 1986. The seashore was designated the Carolinian-South Atlantic Biosphere Reserve on June 16, 1986. Near noon on September 9, 2007, Tropical Storm Gabrielle made landfall at this exact point with winds of 60 mph. Damage was light but flooding and beach erosion affected the this lookout.

References

* "The National Parks: Index 2001–2003". Washington: U.S. Department of the Interior.

Further reading

* Citation
last =Timblin | first =Carol | date=September/October 2008
title =A World Away: Getting to North Carolina's Cape Lookout National Seashore is getting away from it all
periodical =AAA World | series =side trips | publisher =AAA Midatlantic
volume =10 | issue =5 | pages =26 | url =http://www.aaamidatlantic.com/AAAWorld/Article?id=1080
issn = | doi = | oclc = | accessdate =2008-09-04

External links

* Official NPS website: [http://www.nps.gov/calo/ Cape Lookout National Seashore]
* [http://capelookoutstudies.org/ Cape Lookout Studies Program]


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