Fort Wool Light
Fort Wool Light is a lighthouse in Hampton, Virginia. Fort Wool Light is situated nearby to the quarter Fort Monroe, as well as near the suburb Phoebus.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Point Light and Quarters 1.
Old Point Light
Lighthouse
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Old Point Comfort Light is a lighthouse located on the grounds of Fort Monroe in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay. It is the second oldest light in the bay and the oldest still in use. Old Point Light is situated 1 mile north of Fort Wool Light.
Quarters 1
Historic building
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Quarters 1, also known as Building 1, is a historic officer's quarters located at Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia. The original section was built in 1819, and consists of a three-story, central block, double pile residence with flanking, two-story wings in the Federal style. Quarters 1 is situated 1¼ miles north of Fort Wool Light.
Casemate Museum
Museum
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Casemate Museum is situated 1 mile north of Fort Wool Light.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Monroe and Phoebus.
Fort Monroe
Quarter
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Fort Monroe is a former military installation in Hampton, Virginia, at Old Point Comfort, the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula, United States. It is currently managed by partnership between the Fort Monroe Authority for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the National Park Service, and the city of Hampton as the Fort Monroe National Monument.
Phoebus
Suburb
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Phoebus is a formerly incorporated town now part of the present-day city of Hampton, Virginia, on the Virginia Peninsula. In 1900, it was named in honor of local businessman Harrison Phoebus, who is credited with convincing the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to extend its tracks to the town from Newport News. Phoebus is situated 2½ miles northwest of Fort Wool Light.
Kecoughtan
Neighborhood
In the seventeenth century, Kecoughtan was the name of the settlement now known as Hampton, Virginia. In the early twentieth century, it was also the name of a town nearby in Elizabeth City County. It was annexed into the City of Newport News in 1927. Kecoughtan is situated 3 miles northwest of Fort Wool Light.
Fort Wool Light
- Type: Lighthouse
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Hampton, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.98675° or 36° 59′ 12″ northLongitude
-76.30231° or 76° 18′ 8″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
8785XMPX+P3GeoNames ID
4759790
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