ASSATEAGUE LIGHTHOUSE (FW0755) - Accomack County, VA
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Ernmark
N 37° 54.671 W 075° 21.361
18S E 468704 N 4196020
This old lighthouse on Assateague Island is also a benchmark.
Waymark Code: WMBPY2
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 06/11/2011
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Description information from NGS datasheet is listed below:
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1937 (HEF)
NO ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE FOR THIS STATION.
THIS IS THE FINIAL AND BALL ON THE TOP OF THE 142-FOOT RED TOWER, AND IS LOCATED ON ASSATEAGUE ISLAND, NEAR EAST SIDE CHANNEL, WHICH DIVIDES ASSATEAGUE ISLAND AND PINEY ISLAND AT THIS POINT.
STATION RECOVERY (1942)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1942 (WDP)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ON ASSATEAGUE ISLAND, NEAR EAST SIDE CHANNEL, WHICH SEPARATES ASSATEAGUE ISLAND AND PINEY ISLAND. IT IS BEST REACHED BY BOAT FROM OLD DOMINION LODGE LANDING ON CHINCOTEAGUE ISLAND, ABOUT 1.2 MILES UP ASSATEAGUE CHANNEL TO THE LIGHTHOUSE LANDING AND THENCE ABOUT 1500 FEET E ALONG THE ROAD TO THE LIGHTHOUSE.
THE STATION IS THE FINIAL AND BALL ON TOP OF THE 142-FOOT RED BRICK TOWER. THE STATION IS IN GOOD CONDITION.
STATION RECOVERY (1949)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1949 (CAS)
THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES FROM THE SOUTH END OF ASSATEAGUE ISLAND. IT IS A BRICK STRUCTURE PAINTED RED AND ABOUT 160 FEET HIGH WITH THE LIGHTHOUSE AT THE TOP.
THE POINT OBSERVED ON WAS THE CENTER OF THE TOP OF THE LIGHTHOUSE.
THIS STATION HAS NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED.
STATION RECOVERY (1954)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US NAVY 1954
STATION RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED.
STATION RECOVERY (1958)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1958 (JAW)
STATION RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED.
STATION RECOVERY (1959)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1959 (WER)
STATION RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED AND IN GOOD CONDITION.
STATION RECOVERY (1961)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1961 (ETJ)
STATION RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
STATION RECOVERY (1962)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1962 (CFO)
STATION WAS RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED AND IN GOOD CONDITION.
STATION RECOVERY (1967)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1967 (JB)
RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED IN GOOD CONDITION. IT CAN NOW BE REACHED BY ROAD.
STATION RECOVERY (1975)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1975 (EAB)
RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED IN GOOD CONDITION.
TO REACH THIS INTERSECTION STATION FROM IN THE TOWN OF CHINCOTEAGUE, AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF NORTH MAIN STREET AND MADDOX BLVD., AS PER SIGN, ASSATEAGUE. GO SOUTHEASTERLY FOLLOWING MADDOX BLVD., FOR 1.9 MILES TO A GUARD GATE. CONTINUE ON SOUTHEASTERLY PASSING OVER A BRIDGE AND FOLLOWING THE PAVED ROAD SOUTHEASTERLY AND SOUTHERLY FOR 1.0 MILE TO THE ASSATEAGUE LIGHTHOUSE ON THE RIGHT.
STATION RECOVERY (1980)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE 1980 (RHH)
THE STATION WAS RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
STATION RECOVERY (1981)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE 1981 (RHH)
THE STATION WAS RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED.
STATION RECOVERY (2003)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 2003 (KN)
LIGHTHOUSE PAINTED WITH RED AND WHITE HORIZONTAL BANDS IN 1969.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: - blank -
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey
Monumentation type: Lighthouse
County: accomack County
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Chincoteague East - VA
Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used
Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]
NGS PID: FW0755
Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link]
Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed
Monumentation type (if other): Not listed
Special category (optional): Not listed
Special Category (if other): Not listed
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