Great Wicomico River Light

37°48′15″N 76°16′03″W / 37.8042°N 76.2675°W / 37.8042; -76.2675TowerFoundationscrew-pileConstructioncast-iron/woodHeight42 feet (13 m)Shapehexagonal houseLightFirst lit1889Deactivated1967Lensfourth-order Fresnel lensRange6.1 nautical miles; 11 kilometres (7 mi)CharacteristicFlashing 6 sec

The Great Wicomico River Light was a lighthouse located at the mouth of the Great Wicomico River, south of the Potomac River on the western side of the Chesapeake Bay. It was first lit in 1889 and was deactivated in 1967.

References

• "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Virginia" (PDF). United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
• Great Wicomico River Light, from the Chesapeake Chapter of the United States Lighthouse Society
• de Gast, Robert (1973). The Lighthouses of the Chesapeake. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 155.