Lighthouse Explorer Database ... Wolf Trap Light

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Name: Wolf Trap Light

Nearest Town or City:
Mathews, Virginia, United States

Location: Chesapeake Bay, mouth of Rappahannock River.

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Photo: Ann Shelton

Managing Organization:
U.S. Coast Guard

Notes:
This lighthouse is almost identical to Smith Point Light. Some history of this lighthouse is available at www.newpointcomfort.com/history/history_html/wlftrap.html

Tower Height: 52

Height of Focal Plane: 52

Description of Tower: Red, square brick tower on roof of keeper's quarters.

This light is operational

Other Buildings?
Integral red, octagonal two-story brick keeper's dwelling.

Earlier Towers?
1821: Onshore tower; 1821-1870: lightships; 1870: screwpile lighthouse (destroyed by ice in 1892).

Date Established: 1821

Date Present Tower Built: 1894

Date Automated: 1971

Optics: 1894: Fourth order Fresnel lens, now Vega VRB-25 solar-powered optic.

Current Use: Active aid to navigation.

Open To Public? No.

Directions:
Accessible by boat only.