Cape Lookout National Seashore

Coordinates: 34°36′19″N 76°32′11″W / 34.60528°N 76.53639°W / 34.60528; -76.53639
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Cape Lookout National Seashore
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Cape Lookout Lighthouse
Cape Lookout Lighthouse
Map showing the location of Cape Lookout National Seashore
Map showing the location of Cape Lookout National Seashore
Map showing the location of Cape Lookout National Seashore
Map showing the location of Cape Lookout National Seashore
LocationOuter Banks, Carteret County, North Carolina, United States
Nearest cityHarkers Island, NC
Coordinates34°36′19″N 76°32′11″W / 34.60528°N 76.53639°W / 34.60528; -76.53639
Area28,243 acres (114.30 km2)[1]
EstablishedMarch 10, 1966
Visitors541,533 (in 2022)[2]
Governing bodyNational Park Service
WebsiteCape Lookout National Seashore

Cape Lookout National Seashore preserves a 56-mile (90-km) long section of the Southern Outer Banks, or Crystal Coast, of North Carolina, USA, running from Ocracoke Inlet on the northeast to Beaufort Inlet on the southwest. Three undeveloped barrier islands make up the seashore - North and South Core Banks and Shackleford Banks. The seashore includes two historic villages on Core Banks, Shackleford's wild horses, and the Cape Lookout Lighthouse, which has a black-and-white diamond pattern. A visitor center for the seashore is located on Harkers Island.

The National Park Service, as part of their Centennial Initiative celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2016, is planning to rehabilitate the Lighthouse and restore the Cape Lookout and Portsmouth Village Historic Districts.[3]

History

The

Category 2
storm with 100 mph sustained winds.

Laws

The

Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act (H.R. 126;113th Congress), if passed, would take wild horses from herds on the Cape Lookout National Seashore and introduced them to the herds in the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge in order to ensure genetic viability.[4]

Map

Official National Park Service map

Climate

According to the

plant hardiness zone at Core Sound in Cape Lookout National Seashore is 8b with an average annual extreme minimum air temperature of 16.6 °F (-8.6 °C).[5] The average seasonal (Dec-Mar) snowfall total is < 2 inches (< 5 cm), and the average annual peak in nor'easter
activity is in February.

Climate data for Core Sound, Cape Lookout National Seashore, NC (1981-2010 Averages)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 52.9
(11.6) 		54.8
(12.7) 		60.4
(15.8) 		67.7
(19.8) 		74.8
(23.8) 		81.6
(27.6) 		84.7
(29.3) 		84.0
(28.9) 		80.4
(26.9) 		72.6
(22.6) 		64.9
(18.3) 		56.4
(13.6) 		69.7
(20.9)
Daily mean °F (°C) 45.4
(7.4) 		47.4
(8.6) 		53.0
(11.7) 		60.6
(15.9) 		68.2
(20.1) 		75.8
(24.3) 		79.3
(26.3) 		78.4
(25.8) 		74.5
(23.6) 		65.5
(18.6) 		57.3
(14.1) 		48.9
(9.4) 		62.9
(17.2)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 37.9
(3.3) 		39.9
(4.4) 		45.5
(7.5) 		53.5
(11.9) 		61.6
(16.4) 		70.0
(21.1) 		73.8
(23.2) 		72.8
(22.7) 		68.5
(20.3) 		58.4
(14.7) 		49.7
(9.8) 		41.3
(5.2) 		56.1
(13.4)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 4.62
(117) 		3.60
(91) 		4.51
(115) 		3.42
(87) 		4.00
(102) 		4.20
(107) 		5.93
(151) 		7.30
(185) 		6.35
(161) 		4.62
(117) 		4.04
(103) 		4.06
(103) 		56.65
(1,439)
Average
relative humidity
(%) 		71.7 71.6 69.5 70.9 73.2 77.1 79.2 78.6 77.0 74.0 74.6 73.2 74.2
Average dew point °F (°C) 36.8
(2.7) 		38.7
(3.7) 		43.3
(6.3) 		51.1
(10.6) 		59.3
(15.2) 		68.1
(20.1) 		72.3
(22.4) 		71.2
(21.8) 		66.8
(19.3) 		57.0
(13.9) 		49.3
(9.6) 		40.7
(4.8) 		54.6
(12.6)
Source: PRISM[6]


Climate data for Cape Hatteras, NC Ocean Water Temperature (53 NE Core Sound)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Daily mean °F (°C) 49
(9) 		46
(8) 		52
(11) 		59
(15) 		68
(20) 		74
(23) 		78
(26) 		80
(27) 		77
(25) 		70
(21) 		58
(14) 		55
(13) 		64
(18)
Source: NOAA[7]

Ecology

According to the

Coastal Prairie (20).[8]

Wildlife

Bibliography

  • The National Parks: Index 2001–2003. Washington: U.S. Department of the Interior.
  • Timblin, Carol (September–October 2008). "A World Away: Getting to North Carolina's Cape Lookout National Seashore is getting away from it all". AAA World. side trips. Vol. 10, no. 5. AAA Midatlantic. p. 26. Archived from the original on 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2008-09-04.

Notes

  1. ^ "Listing of acreage – December 31, 2011" (XLSX). Land Resource Division, National Park Service. Retrieved 2012-12-26. (National Park Service Acreage Reports)
  2. ^ "NPS Annual Recreation Visits Report". National Park Service. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  3. ^ Bomar, Mary A. (August 2007). "Summary of Park Centennial Strategies" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
  4. ^ "H.R. 126 - Summary". United States Congress. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  5. ^ "USDA Interactive Plant Hardiness Map". United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on July 4, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  6. ^ "PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University". Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  7. ^ "Water Temperature Table of All Coastal Regions". Archived from the original on September 5, 2017. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  8. ^ "U.S. Potential Natural Vegetation, Original Kuchler Types, v2.0 (Spatially Adjusted to Correct Geometric Distortions)". Retrieved August 6, 2019.

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