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Assateague Light

VA · Active aid to navigation

No access information published

Those records publish navigation and historic data only — no visitor-access information — so none is shown. Access, if any, is set by the owner or operator.

Access source: Federal records checked: the U.S. Coast Guard AtoN / Light List record for this aid · Checked 2026-11-12

Owner / operator: U.S. Coast Guard (active aid to navigation)

The light

LocationVA (Accomack County)
StatusActive aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file)
Light List number275
Light characteristicFl (2)W 5s
Height of light above water142 ft (USCG AtoN)
StructureConical brick tower with red and white bands.
Position37.91119, -75.35603 (federal record; not for navigation)
Coast Guard remarkEmergency light of reduced intensity when main light is extinguished; visible from seaward only.

Sources

USCG AtoN file via NOAA MarineCadastre (USCG NAVCEN data).

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