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Assateague Light is the 142-foot-tall lighthouse located on the southern end of Assateague Island off the coast of the Virginia Eastern Shore, United States.

Location : south of Chincoteague, Virginia
Coordinates :37.91118°N 75.356°W/
Year first lit : 1867
Automated :1933
Deactivated :N/A
Foundation :Stone & Concrete
Construction :Red Brick
Tower shape :Conical
Height: 142 feet (43 m)
Original lens: first-order Fresnel Len
Range: 19 miles (17 nmi; 31 km)
Characteristic : Double-flash every five seconds

I have visited this lighthouse a few times, these pictures are from Nov 13 2003 and September 19 2022

Assateague Lighthouse is open to the public on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. from April through October.>

Added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 4 1973 and Virginia Landmarks register on December 16 1980

Access: Car + Short hike