{"id":15411,"date":"2025-09-30T04:19:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T11:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=15411"},"modified":"2025-09-29T16:31:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T23:31:30","slug":"own-a-lighthouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=15411","title":{"rendered":"Own a lighthouse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you want a 360 degree view of the Chesapeake Bay from your 1,500 sq ft 4 bedroom, 1 bath home? Now you can &#8211; and it comes with a really excellent night light. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homes.com\/property\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va\/3nexjwwskqdyk\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.homes.com\/property\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va\/3nexjwwskqdyk\/\">For just $450,000, the Smith Point Lighthouse could be your new home<\/a>! Only a 2.5 mile boat ride into the bay. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides needing to take a 2.5 mile boat ride to go for a walk, get some milk, or pick up the mail &#8211; lighthouses often have <a href=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=9058\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=9058\">usage limitations<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" data-attachment-id=\"15412\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?attachment_id=15412\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va.jpg?fit=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"683,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va.jpg?fit=640%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-id=\"15412\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va.jpg?resize=640%2C960&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va.jpg?w=683&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va.jpg?resize=180%2C270&amp;ssl=1 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"337\" height=\"446\" data-attachment-id=\"15414\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?attachment_id=15414\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-25.jpg?fit=337%2C446&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"337,446\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-25\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-25.jpg?fit=337%2C446&amp;ssl=1\" data-id=\"15414\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-25.jpg?resize=337%2C446&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-25.jpg?w=337&amp;ssl=1 337w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-25.jpg?resize=227%2C300&amp;ssl=1 227w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-25.jpg?resize=204%2C270&amp;ssl=1 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"596\" height=\"446\" data-attachment-id=\"15413\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?attachment_id=15413\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-19.jpg?fit=596%2C446&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"596,446\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-19\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-19.jpg?fit=596%2C446&amp;ssl=1\" data-id=\"15413\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-19.jpg?resize=596%2C446&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-19.jpg?w=596&amp;ssl=1 596w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-19.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-19.jpg?resize=361%2C270&amp;ssl=1 361w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"446\" data-attachment-id=\"15418\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?attachment_id=15418\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-31.jpg?fit=354%2C446&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"354,446\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-31\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-31.jpg?fit=354%2C446&amp;ssl=1\" data-id=\"15418\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-31.jpg?resize=354%2C446&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-31.jpg?w=354&amp;ssl=1 354w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-31.jpg?resize=238%2C300&amp;ssl=1 238w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-31.jpg?resize=214%2C270&amp;ssl=1 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-attachment-id=\"15417\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?attachment_id=15417\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-26.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-26\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-26.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-id=\"15417\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-26.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-26.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-26.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-26.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-26.jpg?resize=360%2C270&amp;ssl=1 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"578\" height=\"433\" data-attachment-id=\"15419\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?attachment_id=15419\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-21.jpg?fit=578%2C433&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"578,433\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-21\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-21.jpg?fit=578%2C433&amp;ssl=1\" data-id=\"15419\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-21.jpg?resize=578%2C433&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-21.jpg?w=578&amp;ssl=1 578w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-21.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2025\/09\/00-smith-pt-lighthouse-reedville-va-21.jpg?resize=360%2C270&amp;ssl=1 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you want a 360 degree view of the Chesapeake Bay from your 1,500 sq ft 4 bedroom, 1 bath home? Now you can &#8211; and it comes with a really excellent night light. For just $450,000, the Smith Point Lighthouse could be your new home! Only a 2.5 mile boat ride into the bay. Besides needing to take a 2.5 mile boat ride to go for a walk, get some milk, or pick up the mail &#8211; lighthouses often&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=15411\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cool","category-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4WECr-40z","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15411"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15421,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15411\/revisions\/15421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}