Historical Marker

A Light for Ocracoke Inlet

Historical marker location:
360 Lighthouse Road, Ocracoke, North Carolina
( Marker can be reached from Lighthouse Road, 0.3 miles west of Irvin Garrish Highway (State Highway 12), on the right when traveling south.)

The pirate Blackbeard (real name: Edward Teach) made his home base in the town of Bath, North Carolina, during the early 1700s.