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Attractions near Camptown

Leave Camptown for Fort Monroe National Monument, 39 mi away

Each year, some 1.6M people go to Colonial National Historical Park. Look within 40 miles for the 29 places to visit; none is inside Camptown. On the list: 11 museums, 4 theatres and 3 zoos & aquariums, among others. The best-known trip out is to Colonial Williamsburg, 42 mi away.

Attractions nearby
51
within 60 miles
The big one
42 mi
Colonial Williamsburg
National park units
4
parks & monuments
Museum · 42 mi north

Colonial Williamsburg

Living history museum in WIlliamsburg, Virginia.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

The places, mapped

Furthest from the centre is Petersburg National Battlefield, 40 mi away.

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Orange: Camptown. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

The whole list for Camptown

51 places, all within 60 miles, make the list.

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Camptown → · Camptown’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Colonial Williamsburg: Humberto Moreno, CC BY 2.0 · Busch Gardens Williamsburg: Cjh1452000, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Monroe National Monument: Unknown, Public domain · Jamestown Settlement: Warfieldian, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Werowocomoco: engraved by William Hole, Public domain · MacArthur Memorial: Unknown, Public domain · Henricus: Morgan Riley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Norfolk Scope: Cag1970, Public domain · Governor's Palace: Ron Cogswell, CC BY 2.0 · Nauticus: Ewelch1, CC BY 3.0 · Mount Trashmore Park: Kubigula (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chrysler Museum of Art: Gosscj at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Presidents Park: David from Washington, DC, CC BY 2.0 · Colonial Parkway: Unknown National Park Service photographer, Public domain · Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region, CC BY 2.0 · Historic Jamestowne: NPS Photo, Public domain · Water Country USA: Noah Barger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · First Landing State Park: Virginia State Parks staff, CC BY 2.0 · Military Aviation Museum: Jnc, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Colonial National Historical Park: No machine-readable author provided. Aude assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 2.5 · Petersburg National Battlefield: Ernest Mettendorf, Public domain · Virginia Aquarium: Rlevse, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Richmond National Battlefield Park: Sarah Stierch, CC BY-SA 2.0 · United States Army Ordnance Training Support Facility: Mark Pellegrini Raul654, CC BY-SA 2.5 · The Mariners' Museum: Mytwocents at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hampton Roads Naval Museum: LittleT889, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Moore House (Yorktown, Virginia): Navin75, CC BY-SA 2.0 · U.S. Army Transportation Museum: Mytwocents (talk) 23:59, 5 February 2008 (UTC), Public domain · Virginia Zoological Park: Mytwocents at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Norva Theatre: Faithlessthewonderboy, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Virginia Air and Space Science Center: NASA Langley Research Center, Public domain · Chrysler Hall: Hampton Road Partnership, CC BY 2.0 · Norfolk Botanical Garden: MamaGeek at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Harrison Opera House: VirginiaProp at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Virginia Living Museum: Ryan Somma from Occoquan, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Air Power Park: William Grimes at English Wikipedia. Later version(s) were uploaded by Ian Duns, Public domain · Chesapeake Arboretum: Puddin Tain, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Muscarelle Museum of Art: Jrcla2, Public domain · Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art: Rachel Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ferguson Center for the Arts: Mytwocents at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum: Smash the Iron Cage, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Huntington Park: Mytwocents at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Edenton National Fish Hatchery: USFWS, Public domain · Isle of Wight County Museum: Isle of Wight County Museum, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Town Point Park: LittleT889, CC BY-SA 4.0

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