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Cape Lookout Shoals

4.9★ · 16 Google ratings · Harkers Island, North Carolina

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Parking
Not mapped
Access
Open around the clock
Walk
375 yd · 4 min
Length
4.7 miles of shoreline
Crowds
Quietest Tue 5pm

How we know this

Map of Cape Lookout Shoals
Aerial map of Cape Lookout Shoals
Access point of a 4.7 miles beach. USGS NAIP 2022 aerial imagery.
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📍 Harkers Island, NC
🌊 Water 375 yd away, about 4 min walk
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Common questions

How far is the walk to the water at Cape Lookout Shoals?
375 yd in a straight line from the listing to the mapped shoreline, about 4 min. Soft sand and dune make the real walk longer than the straight line.
Does Cape Lookout Shoals have restrooms?
No restrooms are mapped within 600 m on OpenStreetMap. That means nobody has mapped any, which is not the same as there being none.
When is Cape Lookout Shoals least busy?
Google visit patterns put the quietest hour at Tue 5pm and the busiest at Fri 2pm.

Measured from OpenStreetMap, public aerial imagery and live conditions data, and counted from visitor reviews. Every source, in full.