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ASSATEAGUE
LIGHT (1867) Location: SOUTH END ASSATEAQUE ISLAND Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION IN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE CAPE CHARLES LIGHT (1895) Location: SMITHS ISLAND/CHESAPEAKE BAY ENTRANCE Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION CAPE HENRY LIGHTS (1792/1881) Location: SOUTH SIDE CHESAPEAKE BAY ENTRANCE Current Use: FIRST TOWER--HISTORIC SITE/SECOND TOWER--ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION; ASST. KEEPERS SERVES HARBOR PILOTS ASSOCIATION CHESAPEAKE LIGHT (1965) Location: 14.5 MILES EAST OF CAPE HENRY Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION JONES POINT LIGHT(1856) Location: POTOMAC RIVER/JONES POINT PARK Current Use: NATIONAL PARK EXHIBIT NEW POINT COMFORT LIGHT (1806) Location: ENTRANCE TO MOBJACK BAY Current Use: HISTORIC SITE NEWPORT NEWS MIDDLE GROUND LIGHT (1891) Location: HAMPTON ROADS HARBOR Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION OLD POINT COMFORT LIGHT (1802) Location: ENTRANCE TO HAMPTON ROADS HARBOR Current Use: AID TO NAVIGATION ON ARMY BASE SMITH POINT LIGHT (1897) Location: ENTRANCE TO POTOMAC RIVER Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION THIMBLE SHOAL LIGHT (1914) Location: ENTRANCE TO HAMPTON ROADS Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION WOLF TRAP LIGHT (1894) Location: LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION |