Old Point Comfort Lighthouse
Old Point Comfort Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Mount Trashmore stands 18 m to the southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Keeper's House, 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
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. The lighthouse is owned and maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Dates from 1803.
Wikidata Q7084747, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1802
What to expect
- Operated by
- United States of America
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
- Apiary Bee Hives: 8.6 mi
- Newport News Community Garden: 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: 19.7 mi
- York River Cliffs: 20.3 mi
- Brock Point: 20.7 mi
- Keeper's House: 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 Old Point Comfort Lighthouse. 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 73002212OpenStreetMapWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Old Point Comfort Lighthouse, reference 73002212, listed 03/01/73.
OpenStreetMap element way/943419565
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