60.5 m
Scale anchored to a reviewed measurement
Use the exact documented 60.50 m vertical extent; preserve the natural narrow lighthouse proportions.
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (Current)
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is shown in its current post-1999-relocation appearance: red octagonal base, tapered brick shaft with black-and-white spiral daymark, gallery, lantern and permanent lightning rod. The complete anchored height is 198.49 ft (60.50 m); keeper buildings and the site are excluded.
Dimensions
- Height
- 60.5 m
- Weight
- 4,381.7 t
Quick facts
- Height to lightning rod
- 60.50 m
- Height to tower peak
- 58.89 m
- Lower column diameter
- 9.89 m
- Mass excluding foundation
- about 4,830 short tons
- Completed
- 1870
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (Current) · Size infographic
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Sources and measurement22 References
Dimensions were cross-checked against independent sources before publication.
Measurement basis
The vertical anchor runs from ground level to the permanent lightning-rod tip; alternate foundation conventions are excluded.