Most have been on Lake Superior though we did visit the outer banks of North Carolina. We camped at the National Parks campground on Bodie Island and visited both Bodie Island and Caper Hatteras both are in the National Park System. We visited in 2000 this was the year after they moved the lighthouse to its current location. They had fun exploring the lighthouse are on Bodie Island and thought is was great being able to see 2 lighthouses from our tent at night as well as having the ocean was on the other side of the sand dune next to our tent.
The lighthouses that we have visited the most are the ones on the Apostle Islands off the shore of Bayfield, Wisconsin. They are an archapeligo of 22 islands that are in Lake Superior with all but Madeleine and Long Island are part of the National Parks System. The only island that is inhabited fulltime is Madeline Island which does have a State Park on it and is accessible during the summer via the ferry. The only way to visit the islands is by boat, you can take the ferry to Madeline or a scheduled water taxi if you don't have a your own boat, which is what we do. While you can camp on all the islands we camp on the mainland which allows us to explore more of the area including Ashland which has a dozen of murals of its past on the walls of several of its downtown buildings.
We have visited 3 of the lighthouses: Sand Island, Raspberry Island and Michigan Island. The last time we were there, in 2006, Raspberry Island was closed for remodeling and repairs so it was closed to the public.
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