Cape Fear Lighthouse Information
Old Baldy Lighthouse photo by Capt.Mike Dennis
- Location Bald Head Island
- 1817 First year lit
- Material dressed stone
- Shape Octagonal
- Height 100′ tall
- Optics 15 lumens
- Fresnel Lens Dispotion
- Deactivated in 1930
- Owned by the Old Baldy Foundation
Oak Island Lighthouse
- Location Coast Guard Station Oak Island
- 1958 Year lit
- Material
- Shape Cylindrical
- Height 148′
- Optics Lens DCB 24
- Marking patern Top Black,Middle White, Lower Gray
- Operational Yes
- Can be seen 24 miles out from sea
- Constructed by United States Coast Guard
Price’s Creek Lighthouse
- Completed 1849
- Constructed material Bricks from England
- Height 20′
- Walls 3′ thick
- Land is owned by Archer Daniels Midland Corporation
Fact from Capt.Mike Dennis the Cape Fear Guide - I believe that the only place on the East Coast of North America that you can actually see three different Lighthouses is on the Cape Fear River ! I am researching this information at the present time.