Check-in / Check-out
Check-in from 3 PM. Check-out by 11 AM. The tide schedule is posted by the door.
Lighthouse Storm-watch retreat Coast · Headland Rare Finds
Beacon Lookout Lighthouse
Outer Banks, North Carolina 4.9
(377 reviews)
Contactless check-in
Upfront all-in pricing. What you see is what you pay.
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Overview
A keeper’s quarters 80 feet above a sea that never sleeps.
For 130 years a keeper climbed these 143 spiral steps at dusk, and now that climb is yours. Beacon Lookout is a decommissioned but fully lit lighthouse on the Outer Banks, with a restored keeper’s quarters at its base. Spend the morning in the little kitchen with sea fog at the window, climb to the lantern room for a 360-degree sweep of the coast, and end the night with the beam sweeping your room every twelve seconds. On stormy nights, this is the most wanted seat in the country.
Check-in 3:00 PM Check-out 11:00 AM Pet-friendly Contactless check-in Free cancellation
Parking Available High-Speed Wi-Fi
Lighthouse highlights
Why this stay stands out
143-step lantern climb
Tower
360° at 80 ft
Views
Restored keeper’s quarters
Room
Working light beam
Nights
Specs
The numbers behind the stay
- Height
- 80 ft tower
- Climb
- 143 spiral steps
- Beam
- Still lit nightly
- Built
- 1894
Amenities
What you get
- Private tower access
- High-speed Wi-Fi
- Keeper’s kitchen
- Beam-time coffee bar
- Lantern-room telescope
- Clifftop parking
- Nautical library
- Radiant heat
House rules
Good to know
Tower hours
The lantern room is open from sunrise to 11 PM. Winds above 40 mph close it.
The beam
The light rotates all night. Blackout curtains are in the linen press.
No smoking indoors
Smoking on the headland deck only. The tower is 130 years old.
Quiet hours
Quiet after 10 PM. The beam and the breakers are loud enough already.
Location
Where you'll be
Check-in 3:00 PM · Check-out 11:00 AM
Directions
Rooms
Pick your room
01
$120/night
Keeper’s Quarters
A quilted bed under low beams, with the tower hum just next door.
- Guests
- 2
- Sleeps
- 1 Queen bed
- Size
- 22 m²
02
$160/night
Quarters + Watch Tower
Sleep four with a daybed nook under the spiral staircase.
- Guests
- 4
- Sleeps
- 1 Queen + daybed
- Size
- 30 m²
03
$150/night
Storm-Watch Special
Two nights with a binocular kit, tide charts and first claim on the lantern room.
- Guests
- 2
- Sleeps
- 1 Queen bed
- Size
- 22 m²
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