Thimble Shoal Light, Hampton

#16 among attractions in Hampton

Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture

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Thimble Shoal Light is a sparkplug lighthouse in the Virginia portion of Chesapeake Bay, north of the Hampton Roads channel. The third light at this location, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ()

Coordinates: 37°0'53"N, 76°14'24"W

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Hampton United States

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Thimble Shoal Light – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ocean View Amusement Park, Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort Marina, Old Point Comfort Light.

4.2 miS
Amusement, Amusement park
Ocean View Amusement Park, Norfolk
108 min walk • Ocean View Amusement Park was an amusement park at the end of Granby Street at Ocean View Avenue in Norfolk, Virginia, opened on April 13, 1957 and operated by Jack L. Greenspoon and Dudley Cooper.
3.9 miW
History museum, Forts and castles
Fort Monroe, Hampton
100 min walk • Fort Monroe, managed by partnership between the Fort Monroe Authority for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the National Park Service as the Fort Monroe National Monument, and the City of Hampton, is a former military installation in Hampton, Virginia, at Old Point Comfort, the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula, United States.
4.2 miW
37°0'18"N • 76°18'52"W
Old Point Comfort Marina, Hampton
106 min walk • Sailing, Marina
3.8 miW
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Old Point Comfort Light, Hampton
97 min walk • Old Point Comfort Light is a lighthouse located on the grounds of Fort Monroe in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay. It is the second oldest light in the bay and the oldest still in use. The lighthouse is owned and maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
5 miW
Tree
Emancipation Oak, Hampton
128 min walk • Emancipation Oak is a historic tree on the campus of Hampton University in what is now the City of Hampton, Virginia in the United States. The large sprawling oak is 98 feet in diameter, with branches which extend upward as well as laterally.
4.8 miW
Cemetery
Hampton National Cemetery, Hampton
122 min walk • Hampton National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in the city of Hampton, Virginia. It encompasses 27.1 acres, and as of 2014, had over 30,000 interments. There are two separate parts to this facility.
5 miW
Cemetery
Hampton VAMC National Cemetery, Hampton
129 min walk • Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Hampton, Virginia. It encompasses only 0.2 of an acre, and has 22 interments. It is currently closed to new interments.
3.8 miW
Church
Chapel of the Centurion, Hampton
98 min walk • The Chapel of the Centurion is the oldest continually used wooden military structure for religious services in the United States. It is located inside Fort Monroe, a former military installation located in Hampton, Virginia.
4.8 miS
36°56'46"N • 76°15'1"W
Ocean View Golf Course, Norfolk
122 min walk • Golf
3.9 miW
Forts and castles
Fort Algernon, Hampton
101 min walk • Fort Algernon was established in the fall of 1609 at the mouth of Hampton Roads at Point Comfort in the Virginia Colony. A strategic point for guarding the shipping channel leading from the Chesapeake Bay, Fort Monroe was built there beginning in the 1830s.
4 miSW
Island
Fort Wool
103 min walk • Fort Wool is a decommissioned island fortification located in the mouth of Hampton Roads, adjacent to the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel.