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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



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