Name
Image
Location
Coordinates
Year first lit
Automated
Year deactivated
Current Lens
Focal Height
Assateague Light
Assateague Island
37°54′40″N 75°21′21″W / 37.9111°N 75.3558°W / 37.9111; -75.3558
1833[3] (First) 1867[3] (Current)
1933[3]
Active
DCB-24
154 154 ft (47 m)[4]
Back River Light
Hampton
37°05′14″N 76°16′11″W / 37.0872°N 76.2698°W / 37.0872; -76.2698
1829
1915
1936(Destroyed in 1956 )
None
Unknown
Bells Rock Light
York River
37°29′02″N 76°44′59″W / 37.4839°N 76.7498°W / 37.4839; -76.7498
1881
Never
1928[4] (Dismantled)
None
040 40 ft (12 m)[4]
Bowlers Rock Light
Rappahannock River
37°49′28″N 76°43′58″W / 37.8245°N 76.7327°W / 37.8245; -76.7327
1868[5]
Never
1920[5] (Removed)
None
Unknown
Cape Charles Light
Cape Charles
37°07′22″N 75°54′23″W / 37.1229°N 75.9063°W / 37.1229; -75.9063
1828[6] (First) 1895[7] (Current)
1963[7]
Active
190mm
180 180 ft (55 m)[4]
Cape Henry Light (Old)
Virginia Beach (Cape Henry )
36°55′33″N 76°00′29″W / 36.9257°N 76.0081°W / 36.9257; -76.0081
1792[8]
Never
1881[8]
None
Unknown
Cape Henry Light (New)
Virginia Beach (Cape Henry )
36°55′35″N 76°00′26″W / 36.9264°N 76.0072°W / 36.9264; -76.0072
1881[9]
1984[9]
Active
Unknown
157 157 ft (48 m)[9]
Cherrystone Bar Light
Cape Charles (Offshore)
37°15′23″N 76°01′57″W / 37.2564°N 76.0324°W / 37.2564; -76.0324
1858[10]
Never
1919[10] (Moved in 1920 )
None
Unknown
Chesapeake Light
Chesapeake Bay (Entrance)
36°54′17″N 75°42′46″W / 36.90472°N 75.71278°W / 36.90472; -75.71278
1965[11]
1980[11]
2016[12]
None
117 117 ft (36 m)
Craney Island Light
Elizabeth River (Mouth)
36°53′31″N 76°20′13″W / 36.892°N 76.337°W / 36.892; -76.337
1859[4] (First) 1884[4] (Last)
Never
1936[4] (Removed)
None
036 36 ft (11 m)
Deepwater Shoals Light
Newport News (Offshore)
37°8′11.46″N 76°38′12.48″W / 37.1365167°N 76.6368000°W / 37.1365167; -76.6368000
1855[13] (First) 1868[13] (Last)
Never
1936[13] (Demolished)
None
034 34 ft (10 m)[4]
Dutch Gap Canal Lights
James River
37°22′35″N 77°21′34″W / 37.37639°N 77.35944°W / 37.37639; -77.35944
1875[14]
Never
1910[14]
None
027 27 ft (8.2 m)[14]
Great Wicomico River Light
Great Wicomico River (Mouth)
37°48′15″N 76°16′03″W / 37.8042°N 76.2675°W / 37.8042; -76.2675
1889[15]
Never
1967[15] (Dismantled)
None
042 42 ft (13 m)[4]
Hog Island Light (First tower)
Exmore
37°23′38″N 75°42′04″W / 37.394°N 75.701°W / 37.394; -75.701
1853[16]
Never
1896[17] (Replaced)
None
Unknown
Hog Island Light (Second tower)
Exmore
37°23′38″N 75°42′04″W / 37.394°N 75.701°W / 37.394; -75.701
1896[16]
Never
1948[17] (Demolished)
None
Unknown
Jones Point Light
Alexandria
38°47′25.4″N 77°02′26.3″W / 38.790389°N 77.040639°W / 38.790389; -77.040639
1856[18]
1919[18]
Active[18] (Inactive: 1926–1995)
Unknown
035 35 ft (11 m)[18]
Jordan Point Front Range Light
None Known
James River
N/A
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
None
Unknown
Jordan Point Range Rear Light
James River
37°18′47″N 77°13′23″W / 37.313°N 77.223°W / 37.313; -77.223
1855[19] (First) 1941 (Current)
1941[19]
Active
Unknown
035 35 ft (11 m)(Second tower) 65 ft (20 m)(Current tower)
Killock Shoal Light
Chincoteague (Offshore)
37°56′02″N 75°22′48″W / 37.934°N 75.380°W / 37.934; -75.380
1886[20]
1929
1939[20] (Dismantled)
None
Unknown
Lambert Point Light
Norfolk
36°52′30″N 76°19′52″W / 36.875°N 76.331°W / 36.875; -76.331
1872[21]
Never
1892[21] (Collapsed in 1911)
None
Unknown
Nansemond River Light
Nansemond River (Mouth)
36°54′43″N 76°26′42″W / 36.912°N 76.445°W / 36.912; -76.445
1878[22]
Never
1935[22] (Dismantled)
None
Unknown
New Point Comfort Light
Chesapeake Bay
36°54′43″N 76°26′42″W / 36.912°N 76.445°W / 36.912; -76.445
1805[23]
1930[23]
Active[24] (Inactive: 1963–1999[23] )
250mm
058 58 ft (18 m)[23]
Newport News Middle Ground Light
Newport News
36°56′43″N 76°23′29″W / 36.9452°N 76.3915°W / 36.9452; -76.3915
1891[25]
1954[25]
Active
VRB-25
052 52 ft (16 m)[4]
Old Plantation Flats Light
Cape Charles (Offshore)
37°13′44″N 76°02′49″W / 37.2288°N 76.0469°W / 37.2288; -76.0469
1886
Never
1962(Demolished)
None
035 35 ft (11 m)
Old Point Comfort Light
Hampton
37°00′06″N 76°18′23″W / 37.0018°N 76.3064°W / 37.0018; -76.3064
1804[26]
1972
Active
Fourth-order Fresnel [4]
054 54 ft (16 m)[4]
Pages Rock Light
York River
37°18′39″N 76°35′12″W / 37.3109°N 76.5866°W / 37.3109; -76.5866
1893[27]
1960[27]
1967[27] (Dismantled)
None
Unknown
Point of Shoals Light
James River
37°04′06″N 76°39′11″W / 37.0683°N 76.6530°W / 37.0683; -76.6530
1855[28] (First) 1871[28] (Last)
1932[28]
1933[28] (Demolished)
None
Unknown
Pungoteague Creek Light
Chesapeake Bay
37°39′47″N 75°53′53″W / 37.6630°N 75.8980°W / 37.6630; -75.8980
1854[29]
Never
1856[29] (Destroyed)
None
Unknown
Smith Point Light
Potomac River (Mouth)
37°52′48″N 76°11′02″W / 37.8800°N 76.1839°W / 37.8800; -76.1839
1802[30] (First) 1897[30] (Current)
1971[30]
Active
DCB-24[4]
052 52 ft (16 m)[4]
Stingray Point Light
Rappahannock River (Mouth)
37°33′41″N 76°16′12″W / 37.5613°N 76.2700°W / 37.5613; -76.2700
1858[31]
1950[32]
1965[31] (Dismantled)
None
034 34 ft (10 m)[4]
Tangier Sound Light
Tangier (Offshore)
37°47′16″N 75°58′26″W / 37.7878°N 75.9740°W / 37.7878; -75.9740
1890
Never
1961(Demolished)
None
Unknown
Thimble Shoal Light
Chesapeake Bay
37°00′53″N 76°14′24″W / 37.0146°N 76.2399°W / 37.0146; -76.2399
1872[33] (First) 1914[33] (Current)
1964[33]
Active
RB-355
055 55 ft (17 m)[33]
Tue Marshes Light
York River (Mouth)
37°14′08″N 76°23′09″W / 37.2356°N 76.3859°W / 37.2356; -76.3859
1875[34]
Never
1960[34] (Dismantled)
None
Unknown
Watts Island Light
Chesapeake Bay
37°46′55″N 75°53′38″W / 37.782°N 75.894°W / 37.782; -75.894
1833[35]
1923[35]
1944[35] (Destroyed)
None
Unknown
White Shoal Light
James River
37°01′18″N 76°31′39″W / 37.0218°N 76.5275°W / 37.0218; -76.5275
1855[36] (First) 1871[36] (Last)
Never
1934[36] (Destroyed in the 1970s)
None
Unknown
Windmill Point Light
Rappahannock River (Mouth)
37°35′48″N 76°14′09″W / 37.5968°N 76.2359°W / 37.5968; -76.2359
1869[37]
1954[37]
1965[37] (Dismantled)
None
Unknown
Wolf Trap Light
Chesapeake Bay
37°35′48″N 76°14′09″W / 37.5968°N 76.2359°W / 37.5968; -76.2359
1870[38] (First) 1894[38] (Current)
1971[38]
2017[4] (Abandoned)
VRB-25
Unknown
York Spit Light
York River (Mouth)
37°12′35″N 76°15′15″W / 37.2096°N 76.2542°W / 37.2096; -76.2542
1870[39]
Never
1960[39] (Dismantled)
None
Unknown