Hampton Bar Light

Hampton Bar Light is in Hampton, Virginia. Hampton Bar Light is situated nearby to the neighborhood Kecoughtan, as well as near the suburb Fort Monroe.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Monroe Lighthouse and Virginia Air and Space Science Center.

Fort Monroe Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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. Fort Monroe Lighthouse is situated 2 miles east of Hampton Bar Light.

Virginia Air and Space Science Center

Museum

Photo: NASA, Public domain.

The Virginia Air and Space Science Center is a museum and educational facility in Hampton, Virginia that also serves as the visitors center for NASA's Langley Research Center and Langley Air Force Base. Virginia Air and Space Science Center is situated 2½ miles north of Hampton Bar Light.

Herbert House

Historic house

Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Herbert House is a historic plantation home located at Hampton, Virginia. It was built in 1753 on the point of land where the Hampton River meets Sunset Creek near Hampton Roads, and is a two-story, U-shaped, brick and frame Georgian style dwelling. Herbert House is situated 2 miles north of Hampton Bar Light.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kecoughtan and Fort Monroe.

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 1½ miles north of Hampton Bar Light.

Fort Monroe

Suburb

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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 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. Fort Monroe is situated 2 miles northeast of Hampton Bar Light.

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 2 miles northeast of Hampton Bar Light.

Hampton Bar Light

Location: Hampton, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.9907° or 36° 59′ 27″ north

Longitude

-76.33994° or 76° 20′ 24″ west

Open location code

8785XMR6+72

GeoNames ID

4762897

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