National Park Getaways
North Carolina
“How much farther? How many more steps?” the little brown-haired girl asked her mother. “I don't know but it can't be much farther,” responded her mother. A few more steps led them into the watch room where for close to a hundred years courageous lighthouse keepers kept the light glowing. When she spied the door to the gallery, the girl jumped for joy. “We're here; we made it Mommy!” With her mother's help, she walked out onto the gallery and yelled, “Wow, we are so high!”
The ranger on the gallery welcomed the family to the top of the Cape Lookout Lighthouse, 150 feet above ground. At this elevation, where birds fly below, you'll find a great view of the dangerous shoals jutting into the Atlantic Ocean — the reason for building the lighthouse in the first place.
CUTLER, Maine — Volunteer members of the Friends of the Little River Lighthouse are launching an effort to support a full-time caretaker at the 164-year-old lighthouse in Cutler harbor. The lighthouse keeper plans to chronicle life on the remote island site and to offer educational opportunities over the Internet to viewers around the world.