List of lighthouses in Virginia

This is a list of all lighthouses in the U.S. state of Virginia as identified by the United States Coast Guard. There are nine active lights in the state as well as three automated caissons and eleven skeleton towers replacing previously manned lights.

The first lighthouse in the state was erected in 1792 (the first Cape Henry Light) and it is the oldest surviving structure; the last, Chesapeake Light, was built in 1965 (ignoring automated towers erected later). The tallest extant tower is that at Cape Charles Light.

If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard Light List, while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard Historical information site for lighthouses. Locations of demolished lights have been estimated using National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) navigational charts.

Name	Location	Coordinates	Image	Focal Height	Built	Automated	Deactivated	Status
Assateague Light	Assateague Island			142 142 ft (43 m)	1867	1933		Active
Back River Light	Chesapeake Bay near Hampton		100px	030 30 ft (9.1 m)	1829		1936	Destroyed
Bells Rock Light	York River			040 40 ft (12 m)	1881	1928		replaced with skel. tower
Bowlers Rock Light	Rappahannock River		100px		1868		1920	replaced with caisson light
Cape Charles Light	Cape Charles			180 180 ft (55 m)	1828/1895	1963		Active
Cape Henry Light (old)	Cape Henry, Virginia Beach		100px		1792		1881	Inactive
Cape Henry Light (new)	Cape Henry, Virginia Beach		100px	164 164 ft (50 m)	1881	1984		Active
Cherrystone Bar Light	SW of Cape Charles		100px		1858		1919	Moved to Choptank River Light; replaced with caisson light
Chesapeake Light	entrance to Chesapeake Bay			120 120 ft (37 m)	1965	1980		Active
Craney Island Light	mouth of Elizabeth River		100px	036 36 ft (11 m)	1859/1884		1936	replaced with buoy
Deepwater Shoals Light	James River		100px	027 27 ft (8.2 m)	1855		1936	replaced with skel. tower
Dutch Gap Canal Lights	James River			027 27 ft (8.2 m)	1875		1910	replaced with skel. towers
Great Wicomico River Light	Chesapeake Bay			042 42 ft (13 m)	1889	1967		replaced with skel. tower
Hog Island Light	Hog Island near Exmore, Virginia		100px		1853/1896		1948	Demolished
Jones Point Light	Alexandria		100px		1856	1919	1926	supplanted by skel. tower; Standing but inactive
Jordan Point Light	James River			035 35 ft (11 m)	1856/1875		1927	Replaced by skel. tower in 1941
Killock Shoal Light	West of Chincoteague, Virginia			048 48 ft (15 m)	1886	1929	1939	Replaced by skel. tower in 1941; now unlit
Lambert Point Light	Norfolk				1872		1892	Collapsed around 1911
Nansemond River Light	Nansemond and James rivers		100px		1878		1935	Removed ca. 1980
New Point Comfort Light	Chesapeake Bay		100px	058 58 ft (18 m)	1804	1930	1963	Inactive
Newport News Middle Ground Light	Newport News			070 70 ft (21 m)	1891	1954		Active
Old Plantation Flats Light	Cape Charles		100px	035 35 ft (11 m)	1886		1962	replaced with skel. tower
Old Point Comfort Light	Hampton		100px	058 58 ft (18 m)	1802	1972		active
Pages Rock Light	York River		100px	043 43 ft (13 m)	1893	1960	1967	removed
Point of Shoals Light	James River		100px		1855/1871	1932	1933	house removed
Pungoteague Creek Light	Chesapeake Bay				1854		1856	replaced with automated caisson light
Smith Point Light	mouth of Potomac River		100px	052 52 ft (16 m)	1802/1897	1971		active
Stingray Point Light	mouth of Rappahannock River		100px	034 34 ft (10 m)	1858	1965	1965	replaced with skel. tower
Tangier Sound Light	Chesapeake Bay		100px	045 45 ft (14 m)	1890		1961	replaced with skel. tower
Thimble Shoal Light	Chesapeake Bay, north of Hampton Roads		100px	052 52 ft (16 m)	1872/1914	1964		active
Tue Marshes Light	mouth of York River		100px	041 41 ft (12 m)	1875		1960	replaced with skel. tower
Watts Island Light	Chesapeake Bay		100px	048 48 ft (15 m)	1833	1923	1944	destroyed
White Shoal Light	James River		100px		1855/1871		1934	house destroyed by ice in the 1970s; foundation survives
Windmill Point Light	mouth of Rappahannock River		100px	036 36 ft (11 m)	1869		1965	replaced with skel. tower
Wolf Trap Light	Chesapeake Bay			052 52 ft (16 m)	1870/1894	1971		active
York Spit Light	mouth of York River		100px		1870		1960	replaced with post light