Bowlers Rock Light

Lighthouse · Essex County, Virginia

Bowlers Rock Light is a lighthouse in Essex County, Virginia. Virginia has 36 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow.

It was deactivated in 1920.

Current sources show this lighthouse no longer stands. Status check, 2026-11: The 1868 screwpile lighthouse was destroyed by ice around 1918, deactivated in 1920 and dismantled; a small automated light on a caisson replaced it in 1921, and that is not the named lighthouse. It stands at 37.8245° N, 76.7327° W.

Key facts

Deactivated	1920
Coordinates	37.82450, -76.73270

Open the location on a map

Nearby places

Nimcock
ghost town · Essex County · 3.6 mi
Bushwood
ghost town · Richmond County · 7.8 mi
Bridgetown
ghost town · Lancaster County · 10.4 mi
Greenvale
ghost town · Lancaster County · 12.2 mi
Walnut Point
ghost town · Northumberland County · 18.4 mi
Lukes Island
ghost town · Richmond County · 18.5 mi
Wharton Grove
ghost town · Lancaster County · 19.1 mi
Cinquoteck
ghost town · King William County · 20.4 mi
Dutton
ghost town · Gloucester County · 21 mi
Matchot
ghost town · New Kent County · 21.4 mi
Dunton Mill
ghost town · Lancaster County · 21.8 mi
Cheaden
ghost town · Middlesex County · 22.6 mi

Sources and licences

Wayfarrow status check (web sources) — Checked for current status (facts)
Wikidata — Wikidata item (CC0)
Wikidata — Wikipedia article (linked as a source; text not used) (CC0)
Wayfarrow status check (web sources) — Checked for current status (facts)
Wayfarrow status check (web sources) — Checked for current status (facts)
Wayfarrow status check (web sources) — Checked for current status (facts)

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.