There are nine active lights in the state as well as three automated caissons and eleven skeleton towers replacing previously manned lights.

The first lighthouse in the state was built in 1792 (the first Cape Henry Light) and it is the oldest surviving structure. The second light was the Old Point Comfort Light, built in 1803 and lit in 1804, which stands 58 feet.

The last lighthouse built was Chesapeake Light, in 1965. The tallest extant tower is that at Cape Charles Light which is 180 feet at the focal height.

Assateague Lighthouse, Active

Cape Charles Lighthouse, Active

Cape Henry Lighthouse (Old), Deactivated 1881

Cape Henry Lighthouse, Active

Chesapeake Lighthouse, Deactivated 2016

Jones Point Lighthouse, Chesapeake Bay, Active

Point Comfort Lighthouse (New), Active

Old Point Comfort Light, Active

Thimble Shoal Lighthouse, Chesapeake Bay, Active

Cherrystone Bar Light, Moved 1920

Deepwater Shoals Lighthouse, Demolished 1936

Killock Shoal Lighthouse, Dismantled 1939

Newport News Middle Ground Lighthouse, Active

Old Plantation flats Lighthouse, Demolished 1962

Pungoteague Creek Lighthouse, Chesapeake Bay, Destroyen 1856

Tangier Sound Lighthouse, Demolished 1961

Watts Island Lighthouse, Chesapeake Bay, Destroyed 1944

Wolf Trap Lighthouse, Chesapeake Bay, Abandoned 2017

Craney Island Lighthouse, Elizabeth River, Removed 1936

Dutch Gap Lighthouse, Deactivated 1910

Great Wicomico River Lighthouse, Dismantled 19667

Jordan Point Front Range Lighthouse

Jordan Point Rear Range Lighthouse, Active

Nansemond River Lighthouse, Dismantled 1935

Pages Rock Lighthouse, Dismantled 1967

Point of Shoals Lighthouse, Demolished 1933

Smith Point Lighthouse, Potomac River Mouth, Active

Stingray Point Lighthouse, Rappahonnock River Mouth, Demolished 1961

Tue Marshes Lighthouse, York River Mouth, Dismantled 1960

White Shoal Lighthouse, James River, Destroyed 1970

Windmill Point Lighthouse, Rappahannock River Mouth, Dismantled 1965

York Spit Light Lighthouse, York River, Dismantled 1960

Black River Light, Destroyed 1956

Bells Rock Lighthouse, River, Dismantled 1028

Bowlers Rock Lighthouse, River, Removed 1920

Hog Island Lighthouse, 1st, Replaced 1896

Hog Island Lighthouse, 2nd, Demolished 1948

Lambert Point Lighthouse, Collapsed in 1911