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Places We Protect

New Point Comfort Preserve

Virginia

A tall stone lighthouse sits on a small island in the Chesapeake Bay just offshore of a public access area. Tall marsh grasses grow down to the water. A small beach is visible in the middle distance.
New Point Comfort New Point Comfort Light is the third-oldest surviving light in the Chesapeake Bay and the tenth-oldest in the United States. © Dana Blackmer Photography

An accessible boardwalk and observation deck provides a view of Mobjack Bay and the historic New Point Comfort lighthouse.

Overview

Description

Strategically located on a peninsula jutting into the Chesapeake Bay, New Point Comfort is a key stopover point on the Atlantic Flyway for neo-tropical songbirds and other migratory birds. Here you'll find three major natural habitats: tidal salt marsh, maritime forest and sandy beach. New Point Comfort was acquired by TNC as part of our efforts to protect Chesapeake Bay habitats.

Explore

An accessible boardwalk and observation deck extends over salt marsh, providing a view of Mobjack Bay and the historic New Point Comfort lighthouse.

The roadside running between forest and marsh offers additional opportunities for birding, which is best during spring and fall migrations. Migratory birds such as herons, osprey, hawks, willets, terns, brown pelicans and skimmers are frequently sighted. New Point Comfort also provides habitat for some 200 species of birds and the northeastern beach tiger beetle, which is federally listed as a threatened species.

This preserve does not have restrooms.

Access

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Please note: dogs are not allowed at this preserve.

Hours

Open year-round, dawn to dusk.

Wheelchair Accessible

An accessible boardwalk and observation deck extends over salt marsh, providing a view of Mobjack Bay and the historic New Point Comfort lighthouse.

Highlights

Birding, hiking, walking, accessible boardwalk

Size

146 acres

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