Plan approved for new 1.6-mile-long pathway in Buxton

Access to Cape Hatteras Lighthouse and Cape Point Will Be Easier

The National Park Service (NPS) has approved the construction of a new multiple use pathway along Lighthouse Road, in the Hatteras Island District of Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore). This action was identified in the Seashore’s 1984 General Management Plan (GMP) which presented the need for a “bikeway” within the Seashore and included Lighthouse Road as the location for this path. GMP identified a 4-foot-wide bicycle path on both sides of the road from North Carolina Highway 12 (NC12) to the Cape Point Campground.

See the full release from the National Park Service here, and read Island Free Press’s coverage here.