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Attractions near Mathews

The nearest draw to Mathews: Colonial Williamsburg, 24 mi away

Colonial National Historical Park sees about 1.6M visitors a year. There is no place to visit inside Mathews; there are 30 within 40 miles. On the list: 14 museums, 3 ancient sites and 3 zoos & aquariums, among others. The best-known trip out is to MacArthur Memorial, 41 mi away.

Attractions nearby
58
within 60 miles
The big one
24 mi
Colonial Williamsburg
National park units
5
parks & monuments
Museum · 24 mi southwest

Colonial Williamsburg

Living history museum in WIlliamsburg, Virginia.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

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The list reaches out to Virginia Zoological Park, 39 mi away.

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

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Look within 60 miles for all 58 places listed.

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

Parks and trails in Mathews → · Mathews’ history →

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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 · Henricus: Morgan Riley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · U-1105: U.S. Navy, 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 · Patuxent River Naval Air Museum: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 · Virginia Aviation Museum: B. Dube, CC BY-SA 3.0 de · 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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