Keeper's House
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Keeper's House is a lighthouse in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Mount Trashmore stands 18 m to the southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Point Comfort Lighthouse, a lighthouse less than a tenth of a mile away. Colonial Parkway passes 19 miles off. 5 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
lighthouse in Virginia, United States
Dates from 1803.
Wikidata Q7084747, joined on its National Register reference.
What the record says
- Built
- ~1900
How to reach it
- 19.1 mi off the Colonial Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Battery Parrot: 0.1 mi
- First Africans in Virginia: 0.1 mi
- Fort Monroe: 0.1 mi
- Exterior Fort Wall: 0.2 mi
- Battery DeRussy: 0.8 mi
- Marine Point: 2.1 mi
- Braddock Monument: 2.5 mi
- Mill Point Park: 2.5 mi
- Park Place: 2.6 mi
- Carousel Park & Hampton Carousel: 2.6 mi
- Lincoln and Armstrong Shrine: 2.2 mi
- Camel: 3.9 mi
- OV Amusement Park Mermaid: 4.5 mi
- Sunburst: 4.6 mi
- Blue Mirror Mermaid: 4.6 mi
- F/A-18: 5.5 mi
- General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon: 5.7 mi
- USS Norfolk Bell: 10.6 mi
- USS Monitor: 10.6 mi
- Archway: 11.4 mi
- Casemate Museum: 0.2 mi
- Hampton University Museum: 2.3 mi
- Virginia Air And Space Center: 2.6 mi
- Hampton History Museum: 2.8 mi
- Hampton Roads Naval Museum: 3.6 mi
- Buckroe Community Garden: 3.0 mi
- African Village Garden: 8.6 mi
- Living Legacy Grove: 8.6 mi
- Newport News Community Garden: 8.6 mi
- Apiary Bee Hives: 8.6 mi
- Outlook Beach: 0.9 mi
- Willoughby Beach: 4.3 mi
- Grandview Beach: 4.8 mi
- Huntington Beach: 8.3 mi
- Needle Beach: 11.1 mi
- Grandview Natural Preserve: 6.5 mi
- Weyanoke Bird and Wildflower Sanctuary: 8.9 mi
- Camp Moonya: 17.3 mi
- Long Leaf Pine Enhancement: 17.8 mi
- Wildlife Habitat Enhancement: 17.9 mi
- Boushs Bluff: 7.0 mi
- Holly Point: 14.3 mi
- Mintonville Point: 19.6 mi
- York River Cliffs: 20.3 mi
- Brock Point: 20.6 mi
- Old Point Comfort Lighthouse: 0.0 mi
- Old Cape Henry Lighthouse: 17.3 mi
- Cape Henry Lighthouse: 17.3 mi
- Cape Charles Light: 23.6 mi
- Oil House: 23.6 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 15.5 mi
- Encore Hill: 15.7 mi
- White Hill: 17.0 mi
- The Isaacs: 20.1 mi
- Knob Hill: 20.3 mi
- Picnic Shelter #1: 14.2 mi
- Picnic Shelter #3: 14.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Keeper's House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Trashmore | SE 139° | 18 m | 15.5 mi |
| White Hill | ESE 114° | 10 m | 17.0 mi |
| Knob Hill | SW 225° | 8 m | 20.3 mi |
| The Isaacs | ENE 73° | 2 m | 20.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:50 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:12 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 44 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 81 | 79 | 74 | 64 | 53 | 46 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norfolk NAS, 5 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Old Point Comfort, VA, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 73002212OpenStreetMap- National Register of Historic Places — Old Point Comfort Lighthouse, reference 73002212, listed 03/01/73.
OpenStreetMap element way/388341790
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