Starlight Cruise to Cape Lookout Lighthouse
Cape Lookout National Seashore · North Carolina
Photo: NPS Photo
Next time
Friday, Oct 9 · 6:30 PM
Local time at the park
About this program
Join a park ranger for a starry night beside the Cape Lookout Lighthouse. The park ranger will give a program about different constellations, stories about using the stars for navigation, and more. Enjoy the first International Dark Sky Park on the East Coast. Visitors will experience the night skies with the sound of the waves crashing along the shore.
Island Express Ferry Service will be taking visitors from Harkers Island Visitor Center to Cape Lookout Lighthouse by passenger ferry. Ferry passengers will disembark from the starlight cruise for a laser-pointed tour of the night sky by a park ranger.
Visitors should bring chairs, bug spray, jackets, and red-light flashlights. The program will be around the Cape Lookout Lighthouse, where chairs are not available. Restrooms are available at the Light Station Visitor Center and at Harkers Island Visitor Center.
This program is weather dependent. If rain or wind is predicted, the event will be canceled.
- Where to meet
- Visitors will catch the Island Express Ferry from Harkers Island Visitor Center
- Good to know
- Ferry cruises are weather dependent. In the event of the inclement weather, this event will be canceled.
From the National Park Service.
Upcoming dates
- Friday, Oct 96:30 PM
Schedule from the Cape Lookout National Seashore, checked daily. Programs can change, so check before you go.
At the park that day
Weather
77° / 68°
overcast clouds · OpenWeather forecast
Sunset
6:41 PM
Friday
No closures or road changes reported within 20 miles in the last week.
