Blogging the Beach

For $7 an adult can climb the 214 steps to the top of the lighthouse, about 150 feet over the sound.

We could see where N.C. 12 ends in the north, the town of Corolla and the village of Duck to the south, the Currituck Sound to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the east as we circled around the top of the lighthouse.

It is very windy atop the lighthouse, and we were both trembling a little from the height and the long climb to the top. But it is totally worth the effort.

Read more about Josh Humphries’ trip to Currituck and the Outer Banks in the Greenville Daily Reflector.

Every spring, we invite travel writers from all over the country to come experience Currituck County.  This year    we had 7 writers sign up to participate in the press tour.  We had one writer come all the way from Seattle, Washington and others made their way from Boston, Atlanta, New York, Orlando, Canada and Miami.  The weather was unfortunately rainy and cool, but we made the best of it.  The first day started with a climb to the top of the Currituck Lighthouse, followed by a tour of the Historic Whalehead Club.  We ate lunch at Bad Bean Burrito in TimBuck II and then took a wild horse tour.  We were lucky enough to see 9 horses total, one of which was pregnant and about to pop.  The next day, we started with a tour of Sanctuary Vineyards and some light wine tasting and ended with a Segway tour around Heritage Park and the Historic Corolla Village.  It seemed that everyone enjoyed themselves and hopefully we will get some good articles written about the area.  We look forward to the next press tour and being able to show more people everything that Currituck County has to offer.

Twenty years ago, the Currituck Beach Lighthouse was in need of repair. The nonprofit Outer Banks Conservationists (OBC) was created to preserve the lighthouse when no one else was willing to step in and restore the national landmark. Since then, the OBC has spent more than two decades and nearly 1.5 million from private dollars restoring, maintaining and operating the lighthouse. The OBC opened the lighthouse to the public in 1991.

Visit the official site of the Currituck Beach Lighthouse today.