If you want more from your beach vacation than just swimming and lounging in the sun, these North Carolina beaches offer a ...

Lighthouse retreats are the best way to escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life. These places are stunning and provide ...

it does have a 175-foot lighthouse at Ponce Inlet, providing visitors who climb its 203 steps with a 360-degree view of the Halifax River, the Atlantic Ocean and nearby Smyrna Dunes Park.

The lighthouse offers views of Bodie Island, the Atlantic Ocean and Pamlico Sound, but climbing its 200 steps is strenuous, equal to the height of a 10-story building, park officials say.

Q: The lighthouse is one of the most visible noncasino ... Some people have never seen the Atlantic Ocean before. Some people ask where the Boardwalk is ... so we are able to direct them up ...

Before it closed in early 2022, the number of visitors who climbed the lighthouse’s 167 steps annually to enjoy the 360-degree views of the Atlantic Ocean and the landscape ranged between 7,000 ...