Photos from the trip
Assateague Island
Assateague Light
Chincoteague, Virginia
Its real signal — watch it blink
Fl(2) W 5s — double white flash every 5 seconds
One full cycle: 5 seconds.
- Built
- 1867
- First lit
- 1867
- Height
- 142 ft
- Focal plane
- 154 ft above water
- Status
- Still burning
- Visited
- Add your year
On the wild barrier island where the wild ponies roam. Since 1961 the old first-order lens has been replaced by two spinning drums that throw a quick double flash every five seconds — blink-blink, blink-blink, all night long over Chincoteague Bay.