Assateague Lighthouse
Assateague Light is the 142-foot-tall lighthouse located on the southern end of Assateague Island off the coast of the Virginia Eastern Shore, United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Assateague Island Light” and “Assateague Light”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Herbert H. Bateman Educational and Administrative Center and Toms Cove Visitor Center.
Herbert H. Bateman Educational and Administrative Center
Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Herbert H. Bateman Educational and Administrative Center is situated 950 feet south of Assateague Lighthouse.
Toms Cove Visitor Center
Tourism office
Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Toms Cove Visitor Center is a tourism office, which is situated 1½ miles southeast of Assateague Lighthouse.
Island Roxy
Movie theater
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Island Theatre is a historic U.S. building located at 4074 Main Street, Chincoteague, Virginia. It still serves as an operational movie theater. Originally named Island Theatre, the theatre was renamed Island Roxy from the 1980s until the name was reverted to Island Theatre in 2013. Island Roxy is situated 2 miles northwest of Assateague Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Birch Town and Black Point Landing.
Birch Town
Hamlet
Birch Town is an unincorporated community in Accomack County, Virginia, United States.
Deep Hole
Hamlet
Photo: Ron Shawley, CC BY 3.0.
Deep Hole is a hamlet, which is situated 2 miles north of Assateague Lighthouse.
Assateague Lighthouse
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Accomack, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.91118° or 37° 54′ 40″ northLongitude
-75.35603° or 75° 21′ 22″ westElevation
23 feet (7 metres)Inception
1867Height
141 feet (43 metres)Operator
Chincoteague Natural History Association;US Coast GuardOpen location code
8796WJ6V+FHOpenStreetMap ID
way 562175159OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
4744952Wikidata ID
Q4808548
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In Other Languages
From French to Polish—“Assateague Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare d’Assateague”
- French: “Phare d’Assateague”
- Polish: “Latarnia morska Assateague”
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