Good view from the observation platform at the Nature Conservancy 's New Point Comfort Preserve , located at the end of secondary route 600, off VA 14 south of Bavon. Site open, tower closed. Inactive since 1936. This 30 ft oldstyle brick tower was destroyed by the hurricanes of the 1950s. Coast Guard has a historic photo .
Ruins are visible in the water just offshore.
Located off the end of Lighthouse Road in the Grand View section of Hampton, about 6 miles north of Old Point Comfort. Hampton Roads Area Lighthouses Thimble Shoal 1914. Recently repainted and repaired by the Coast Guard. Located in the Chesapeake off the Willoughby Spit in Norfolk, adjacent to the main channel into Hampton Roads. Accessible only by boat.