The Lighthouse Trail, an 0.25-mile path through the pinewoods of the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, recently received new signage explaining its natural features.  A complementary forest cutting has opened up a clearer view of the Chincoteague Lighthouse itself.

The Lighthouse Trail leads to an oak-and-sassafras-crowned sand ridge constituting an extinct dune that, in the early days of the lighthouse, overlooked breaking surf.  Movement of ocean sand subsequently sealed off the ancient dune from the surf, stranding the lighthouse in its present forest location.