BODIE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE
Atlantic Ocean
Bodie Island, North Carolina
Built in 1872 by Dexter Stetson, the same person who built Cape Hatteras, this tower is 150 feet high and visible from a distance of 19 miles. The Bodie Island site of fifteen acres was purchased from a John Etheridge, a former keeper of the pre-Civil War lighthouse there for $150.
The unique feature of the “Outer Banks” lights is that they are all forty miles apart. The thought that each can be seen from see from a distance of 20 miles (on a good day). Therefore, when the sailor left the safety of the Currituck light going south, the next light to be seen would be Bodie Island, Hatteras Lighthouse, Ocracoke light and then Cape Lookout. Each Light was also painted in a distinct pattern to enhance them as day marks. The Currituck Light was red brick, Bodie Island in black and white horizontals, Hatteras in a black and white spiral, Ocracoke a white tower, and Cape Lookout in a black and white diamond pattern.
Bodie Island Lighthouse lies just north of Oregon Inlet on Bodie Island along Route 12. Visitors will be greeted with ample parking in an open park like area
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