Hampton Roads Anchorage Light
Hampton Roads Anchorage Light is in Hampton, Virginia. Hampton Roads Anchorage Light is situated nearby to the quarter Fort Monroe, as well as near the neighborhood Kecoughtan.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Point Light and Casemate Museum.
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 1¼ miles east of Hampton Roads Anchorage Light.
Casemate Museum
Museum
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Casemate Museum is situated 1¼ miles east of Hampton Roads Anchorage 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 1½ miles northeast of Hampton Roads Anchorage Light.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Monroe and Kecoughtan.
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.
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 northwest of Hampton Roads Anchorage 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 1½ miles north of Hampton Roads Anchorage Light.
Hampton Roads Anchorage Light
- Location: Hampton, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.99542° or 36° 59′ 44″ northLongitude
-76.32994° or 76° 19′ 48″ westOpen location code
8785XMWC+52GeoNames ID
4762923
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