Name: Crystal Coast Star Party 2026: Starlight Cruise to Cape Lookout Lighthouse
Location: National Park Event Location

<div data-olk-copy-source="MailCompose">During our annual star party, join a park ranger for a starry night beside the Cape Lookout Lighthouse. The park ranger will give a program about different constellations, stories about using the stars for navigation, and more. Enjoy the first International Dark Sky Park on the East Coast. Visitors will experience the night skies with the sound of the waves crashing along the shore.</div>
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<div>Island Express Ferry Service will be taking visitors from Harkers Island Visitor Center to Cape Lookout Lighthouse by passenger ferry. Ferry passengers will disembark from the starlight cruise for a laser-pointed tour of the night sky by a park ranger.</div>
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<div>Visitors should bring chairs, bug spray, jackets, and red-light flashlights. The program will be around the Cape Lookout Lighthouse, where chairs are not available. Restrooms are available at the Light Station Visitor Center and at Harkers Island Visitor Center.</div>
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<div>This program is weather dependent. If rain or wind is predicted, the event will be canceled.</div>

Milky way above lighthouse and building. Sand in the foreground. Lighthouse light is on.

Crystal Coast Star Party 2026: Starlight Cruise to Cape Lookout Lighthouse

: Black & white patterned tower of the Cape Lookout Lighthouse stands against a blue & white cloud f

Cape Lookout Lighthouse

A bird with orange bill and orange legs runs along the tide line. Waves in the background

American Oystercatcher

A red light illuminates a tent on the sand, with a star filled sky behind it.

Camping Under the Stars

A seashell lays in the sand, with the sun setting in the background.

Shelling at the Seashore

A sand covered turtles flings sand on the beach while laying eggs.

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

A Jeep drives on the sand in between grass covered dunes.

Beach Driving

A angler sits in a chair, with two fishing poles in the sand. Lighthouse in background.

Crystal Coast Star Party 2026: Starlight Cruise to Cape Lookout Lighthouse

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