The National Park Service recently awarded two contracts for work in Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s Hatteras Island District in Buxton, North Carolina. Construction activities along Lighthouse Road and at the Cape Hatteras Light Station are expected to begin in the coming months.
Approval has been received to build a not-quite 2-mile long multi-use pathway at Cape Hatteras National Seashore that will lead to the Cape Hatteras Light as well as the beach from North Carolina 12, the main highway that runs down the Outer Banks.
Debris that has been washing ashore along Cape Hatteras National Seashore for the past three days might have come from a U.S. Navy ship, according to a park release.
The Bodie Island Lighthouse at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Caorlina will be open for climbing this year beginning Wednesday, April 26. Rising 165 feet, the Bodie Island Lighthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is the third lighthouse to serve this area.