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Attractions near Newport News

Start with The Mariners' Museum: the sights of Newport News

Colonial National Historical Park welcomes about 1.6M visitors a year. 5 places to visit are mapped inside Newport News, with 39 more within 40 miles. The commonest are 21 museums, 4 zoos & aquariums and 4 theatres. Further afield, USS Texas is 51 mi from the centre.

Attractions nearby
60
within 60 miles
The big one
13 mi
Busch Gardens Williamsburg
National park units
5
parks & monuments
Theme park · 13 mi northwest

Busch Gardens Williamsburg

Theme park in James City County, Virginia, United States of America.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Mapped around Newport News

Furthest from the centre is Military Aviation Museum, 39 mi away.

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

Everything nearby

The whole list for Newport News

60 places in all: 5 in town and 55 within 60 miles.

Nauticus

Museum · 20 mi southeast · read 11K times a year on Wikipedia

Maritime-themed science center and museum located in Norfolk, Virginia.

The places inside Newport News lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Newport News → · Newport News’ history →

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

The Mariners' Museum: Mytwocents at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · U.S. Army Transportation Museum: Mytwocents (talk) 23:59, 5 February 2008 (UTC), Public domain · Virginia Living Museum: Ryan Somma from Occoquan, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Ferguson Center for the Arts: Mytwocents at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Huntington Park: Mytwocents at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · White House of the Confederacy: AlbertHerring, CC BY-SA 3.0 · MacArthur Memorial: Unknown, Public domain · Richmond Coliseum: Mentes at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Norfolk Scope: Cag1970, Public domain · Henricus: Morgan Riley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · American Civil War Museum: Rifleman 82, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 · Pamunkey Indian Reservation: Nyttend, Public domain · Historic Jamestowne: NPS Photo, Public domain · Edgar Allan Poe Museum: Albrecht Conz (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Military Aviation Museum: Jnc, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Water Country USA: Noah Barger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 · United States Army Ordnance Training Support Facility: Mark Pellegrini Raul654, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Richmond National Battlefield Park: Sarah Stierch, CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Valentine: VCU Libraries Commons, No restrictions · Hampton Roads Naval Museum: LittleT889, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Moore House (Yorktown, Virginia): Navin75, CC BY-SA 2.0 · National Theater: C.K. Howell, Inc. (architects), Public domain · Norva Theatre: Faithlessthewonderboy, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Virginia Air and Space Science Center: NASA Langley Research Center, Public domain · Virginia Zoological Park: Mytwocents at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chrysler Hall: Hampton Road Partnership, CC BY 2.0 · Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · Norfolk Botanical Garden: MamaGeek at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Virginia Aviation Museum: B. Dube, CC BY-SA 3.0 de · Virginia Holocaust Museum: Jörg Reitmaier, Public domain · Chesapeake Arboretum: Puddin Tain, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Harrison Opera House: VirginiaProp at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Muscarelle Museum of Art: Jrcla2, Public domain · Air Power Park: William Grimes at English Wikipedia. Later version(s) were uploaded by Ian Duns, Public domain · Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art: Rachel Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0 · DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum: Smash the Iron Cage, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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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