
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.

Busch Gardens Williamsburg
Theme park in James City County, Virginia, United States of America.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Mapped around Newport News
Furthest from the centre is Military Aviation Museum, 39 mi away.
Orange: Newport News. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
The whole list for Newport News
60 places in all: 5 in town and 55 within 60 miles.
Ferguson Center for the Arts
Theater in Newport News, Virginia, United States.
Busch Gardens Williamsburg
Theme park in James City County, Virginia, United States of America.
Fort Monroe National Monument
Former military installation in Hampton, Virginia, United States.
Norfolk Scope
Multi-purpose hall complex in Norfolk, Virginia, United States.
Governor's Palace
Historic property and museum in Virginia, United States.
Nauticus
Maritime-themed science center and museum located in Norfolk, Virginia.
American Civil War Museum
History museum in Richmond, Virginia, United States of America.
Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
United States National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia.
Pamunkey Indian Reservation
Native American reservation in Virgina, established 1646.
Colonial National Historical Park
Early history, operated by the U.S. National Park Service.
Petersburg National Battlefield
2,700 acres in Virginia (US) maintained by the National Park Service.
United States Army Ordnance Training Support Facility
Military museum at Fort Lee in Virginia.
Richmond National Battlefield Park
769 acres in Virginia (USA) maintained by the National Park Service.
National Theater
Theater and former movie theater in Richmond, Virginia, United States.
Norva Theatre
Theater and former movie theater in Norfolk, Virginia, United States.
Virginia Air and Space Science Center
Organization in Hampton, United States.
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum
Art museum in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site
Building in Virginia (US) maintained by the National Park Service.
DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum
Art gallery in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Isle of Wight County Museum
Museum in Smithfield, Virginia covering colonial history, the Smithfield ham industry, the Blackwater River, the Civil War and the Cold War.
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 →
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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