This thrice-built, black-and-white lighthouse sits south of Nags Head on Bodie Island ... U.S. Highway 64 and NC Highway 12) in Nags Head. More information can be found on the National Park ...

Before 1875, ships sailing by the North Carolina coast faced a 40-mile "blind spot" between Bodie Island and Virginia's Cape Henry. Then, the Currituck Beach Lighthouse in Corolla was created.