Assateague Light, Chincoteague National Wildlife Preserve, Virginia

                        Assateague Light

Assateague Lighthouse, Aug 2007
Location	south of Chincoteague, Virginia
Coordinates	37°54′40″N 75°21′21″W / 37.9111°N 75.3558°W / 37.9111; -75.3558
Year first lit	1867
Automated	1933
Deactivated	N/A
Foundation	Stone & Concrete
Construction	Red Brick
Tower shape	Conical
Height	142 ft
Original lens	first-order Fresnel Len
Range	19 miles
Characteristic	Double-flash every five seconds
Assateague Lighthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Nearest city	Chincoteague, Virginia
Area	9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built	1867
Governing body	Federal
NRHP Reference #	73001989[1]
VLR #	160-0020
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 4, 1973
Designated VLR	December 16, 1980[2]

Assateague Light is the 142-foot-tall (43 m) lighthouse located on the southern end of Assateague Island off the coast of the Virginia Eastern Shore, USA. The lighthouse is located within the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge and can be accessed by road from Chincoteague Island over the Assateague Channel. It is owned by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and operated by the U.S. Coast Guard and is still used as an active aid in navigation. The keeper's quarters are used as seasonal housing for refuge temporary employees, volunteers, and interns. Constructed in 1867 to replace a shorter lighthouse (45-feet-tall) built in 1833, the lighthouse is conical in shape and is painted in alternating bands of red and white.