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Attractions near Cape Charles

Colonial Williamsburg, 38 mi from Cape Charles

Some 1.6M visitors a year come to Colonial National Historical Park. With nothing inside Cape Charles, the list has 42 places within 40 miles. There are 20 museums, 4 zoos & aquariums and 4 theatres to choose from. Further afield lies Jamestown Settlement, at 43 mi.

Attractions nearby
51
within 60 miles
The big one
22 mi
Fort Monroe National Monument
National park units
3
parks & monuments
National Monument · 22 mi southwest

Fort Monroe National Monument

Former military installation in Hampton, Virginia, United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

The lie of the land

Most of the 42 out of town lie to the southwest.

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

Everything nearby

The places, one by one

All 51 on the list lie within 60 miles.

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

Parks and trails in Cape Charles → · Cape Charles’ 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 · USS Texas: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Jamestown Settlement: Warfieldian, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Werowocomoco: engraved by William Hole, Public domain · MacArthur Memorial: Unknown, Public domain · Norfolk Scope: Cag1970, Public domain · Governor's Palace: Ron Cogswell, CC BY 2.0 · Point Lookout State Park: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 · Assateague Island National Seashore: Fritz Geller-Grimm, CC BY-SA 2.5 · 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 · Pamunkey Indian Reservation: Nyttend, Public domain · 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 · Virginia Aquarium: Rlevse, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Eastern Shore Railway Museum: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Huntington Park: Mytwocents at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · NASA Visitor Center: Leonard J. DeFrancisci, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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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