Cape Lookout National Seashore spans from Ocracoke Inlet to Beaufort Inlet and preserves 56 miles of undeveloped beaches, marsh, and soundside waters along the Outer Banks, including historic sites where communities of people and rescuers worked at the edge of the sea. Its coastlines support an abundant variety of plants and animals on the islands and in the sea. Visitors can take a ferry to Cape Lookout or Shackleford Banks, swim, fish, collect sea shells, watch birds, see Shackleford’s wild horses, and visit historic sites. They can climb the lighthouse at the Cape Lookout Light Station, learn about lighthouse keepers at the historic Lighthouse Keepers Quarters Museum, explore exhibits and special programs at the Harkers Island Visitor Center, walk the Soundside and Willow Pond self-guided nature trails, and learn about Core Sound communities at the nearby Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center.