Fish and Wildlife Service and operated by the U.S. Coast Guard and is still used as an active aid in navigation.

The keeper's quarters are used as seasonal housing for refuge temporary employees, volunteers, and interns.

In 1830 the United States Congress appropriated money for a light in the general vicinity of Chincoteague Island.

The first-order Fresnel lens from the lighthouse is on display at the Museum of Chincoteague Island.

The lighthouse is depicted on the 2003–2004 Federal Duck Stamp, designed by Ron Louque.