WayfarrowBack River Light
Lighthouse · Hampton County, Virginia
Back River Light is a lighthouse in Hampton County, Virginia. Virginia has 36 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow, 3 of them in Hampton County.
The light characteristic is recorded as continuous revolving W with a 90 s interval; it guards Chesapeake Bay; it was deactivated in 1956.
Its record gives 1956 as the year this lighthouse was demolished, destroyed or taken out of existence, so it may no longer stand; check its status before you travel. It stands at 37.0872° N, 76.2698° W.
Key facts
| Light characteristic | continuous revolving W with a 90 s interval |
|---|---|
| Deactivated | 1956 |
| Body of water | Chesapeake Bay |
| Record end date (demolished or lost) | 1956 |
| Coordinates | 37.08720, -76.26980 |
Nearby places
- Messickghost town · Poquoson (city) County · 4.3 mi
- Thimble Shoal Lightlighthouse · Hampton County · 5.3 mi
- Old Point Comfort Lightlighthouse · Hampton County · 6.3 mi
- York Spit Lightlighthouse · York County · 8.5 mi
- Pine Beachghost town · Norfolk (city) County · 10 mi
- Newport News Middle Ground Lightlighthouse · Newport News County · 11.9 mi
- Tanners Cross Roadsghost town · Norfolk (city) County · 11.9 mi
- Tue Marshes Lightlighthouse · York County · 12.1 mi
- Craney Island Lightlighthouse · Portsmouth County · 14 mi
- Ruxtonghost town · Norfolk (city) County · 14.7 mi
- New Point Comfort Lightlighthouse · Mathews County · 14.8 mi
- White Shoal Lightlighthouse · Newport News County · 14.9 mi
Questions
Where is Back River Light?
Back River Light is in Hampton County, Virginia, at 37.0872, -76.2698.
How many lighthouses are in Hampton County?
Hampton County, Virginia has 3 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow.
- Wikidata — Wikidata item (CC0)
- Wikidata — Wikipedia article (linked as a source; text not used) (CC0)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.