The Bodie Island Lighthouse was built in 1872. Photo courtesy OuterBanksFreePress.com.
Bodie Lighthouse Facts:
- There are 214 steps to the lantern room.
- The flash characteristically remains 2.5 seconds on, 2.5 off, 2.5 on, and 22.5 seconds off, two cycles per minute.
- Bodie Island originally was spelled “Body” or “Body’s” Island.
- Bodie Island’s Principal Keeper Vernon Gaskill, Sr. and Assistant Keeper Julian Austin, Sr. were the last two civilian era keepers of the U.S. Lighthouse Service. Like other coastal lights, it became a lookout tower for the Navy during WWII.
Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Route 1, Box 675
Manteo, NC 27954
Phone: 252-473-2111
Facts from http://www.ncbeaches.com/Features/Attractions/Lighthouses/BodieIslandLighthouse/.
