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This is the social studies review game for Lighthouses
Here are the rules. Read the question carefully, then click the correct answer.
If you are correct, you get to move on. If you are incorrect, you have to try again.
If you need some study, click on the Learn More button.
As you click and play, you’ll see some cool pictures of NC’s Lighthouses!
Want to try again? Click the Retry button at the bottom of this page!
Need to learn more? Click the Learn More button!
To learn a bit more, click on the light house below.Currituck Cape Hatteras Cape Lookout
Bodie Island Bald Head Island
Oak Island
Ocracoke Lighthouse Map
Name: Cape Hatteras
County: Dare County
Built in: 1869
Operational: Yes
Body of Water: Atlantic Ocean
Color: Black and White
Design: Spiral
Height: 225 ft
Visible from 20 miles!
Fun Facts: In 1999 the entire lighthouse was moved 2,900 ft inland. It is the tallest lighthouse in America!
Name: Cape Lookout
County: Carteret County
Built in: 1859
Operational: Yes
Body of Water: Atlantic Ocean and Core Sound
Color: Black and White
Design: Checkers
Height: 169 ft
Visible from 19 miles
Fun Facts: The black diamonds face North and South. The white diamonds face East and West.
Name: Bodie Island
County: Dare
Built in: 1872
Operational: Yes
Body of Water: Atlantic Ocean, Roanoke Sound
Color: Black and White
Design: Horizontal Stripes
Height: 150 ft
Visible from 19 miles
Fun Facts: 2 previous lighthouses here were destroyed – 1 by poor construction the other during the civil war.
Name: Currituck Beach
County: Currituck
Built in: 1875
Operational: Yes
Body of Water: Atlantic Ocean, Currituck Sound
Color: Brick Red
Design: None
Height: 162 ft
Visible from 19 miles
Fun Facts: This is NC’s only unpainted lighthouse and it was the last lighthouse to be made out of brick.
Name: Ocracoke
County: Hyde
Built in: 1823
Operational: Yes
Body of Water: Atlantic Ocean, Pamlico Sound
Color: Whitewash
Design: None
Height: 76 ft
Visible from 14 miles
Fun Facts: Ocracoke is the shortest of NC’s lighthouses. Look closely! One side is also shorter than the other!
Name: Oak Island
County: Brunswick
Built in: 1958
Operational: Yes
Body of Water: Atlantic Ocean, Cape Fear River
Color: Black, White, Gray
Design: Horizontal bands
Height: 169 ft
Visible from 24 miles
Fun Facts: This is the newest lighthouse in NC. It is also the 2nd brightest in the world!
Name: Bald Head Island
County: Brunswick
Built in: 1817
Operational: No
Body of Water: Atlantic Ocean, Cape Fear River
Color: White
Design: Plain
Height: 90 ft
Visible from 18 miles
Fun Facts: This is NC’s oldest standing lighthouse and it is the only one that is no longer operational. It is nicknamed “Old Baldy”
Rules: Read the Question carefully, then select the picture that goes with the answer.
I am the newest lighthouse. I was built in 1958.
Cape Hatteras Cape Lookout Bald Head Island
Currituck Beach
Bodie Island Ocracoke
Oak Island
I was moved in 1999 because of beach erosion.
Cape Hatteras Cape Lookout Bald Head Island
Currituck Beach
Bodie Island Ocracoke
Oak Island
I am the oldest standing lighthouse in North Carolina. I was built in 1817.
Cape Hatteras Cape Lookout Bald Head Island
Currituck Beach
Bodie Island Ocracoke
Oak Island
2 other lighthouses were built here before me. One fell down because of poor construction. The other was destroyed during the Civil War.
Cape Hatteras Cape Lookout Bald Head Island
Currituck Beach
Bodie Island Ocracoke
Oak Island
My black diamonds face North and South.
Cape Hatteras Cape Lookout Bald Head Island
Currituck Beach
Bodie Island Ocracoke
Oak Island
I am the shortest lighthouse in North Carolina! I am only 76 ft tall.
Cape Hatteras Cape Lookout Bald Head Island
Currituck Beach
Bodie Island Ocracoke
Oak Island
I am the only unpainted lighthouse in North Carolina.
Cape Hatteras Cape Lookout Bald Head Island
Currituck Beach
Bodie Island Ocracoke
Oak Island
I am the only lighthouse in North Carolina that is not operational.
Cape Hatteras Cape Lookout Bald Head Island
Currituck Beach
Bodie Island Ocracoke
Oak Island
One of my sides is shorter than the other one!
Cape Hatteras Cape Lookout Bald Head Island
Currituck Beach
Bodie Island Ocracoke
Oak Island
You can recognize me by my black and white horizontal bands.
Cape Hatteras Cape Lookout Bald Head Island
Currituck Beach
Bodie Island Ocracoke
Oak Island
I was the last lighthouse to be made out of brick!
Cape Hatteras Cape Lookout Bald Head Island
Currituck Beach
Bodie Island Ocracoke
Oak Island
My white diamonds face East and West.
Cape Hatteras Cape Lookout Bald Head Island
Currituck Beach
Bodie Island Ocracoke
Oak Island
I am the tallest lighthouse in America. I am 225 ft tall!
Cape Hatteras Cape Lookout Bald Head Island
Currituck Beach
Bodie Island Ocracoke
Oak Island
Which Lighthouse am I?
Cape Hatteras Cape Lookout Bald Head Island
Currituck Beach
Bodie Island Ocracoke
Oak Island
Cape Hatteras Cape Lookout Bald Head Island
Currituck Beach
Bodie Island Ocracoke
Oak Island
Which Lighthouse am I?
Cape Hatteras Cape Lookout Bald Head Island
Currituck Beach
Bodie Island Ocracoke
Oak Island
Which Lighthouse am I?
Cape Hatteras Cape Lookout Bald Head Island
Currituck Beach
Bodie Island Ocracoke
Oak Island
Which Lighthouse am I?
Cape Hatteras Cape Lookout Bald Head Island
Currituck Beach
Bodie Island Ocracoke
Oak Island
Which Lighthouse am I?
Cape Hatteras Cape Lookout Bald Head Island
Currituck Beach
Bodie Island Ocracoke
Oak Island
Which Lighthouse am I?
Cape Hatteras Cape Lookout Bald Head Island
Currituck Beach
Bodie Island Ocracoke
Oak Island
Which Lighthouse am I?
Cape Hatteras Cape Lookout Bald Head Island
Currituck Beach
Bodie Island Ocracoke
Oak Island
Which Lighthouse am I?