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Attractions near Norfolk

Fort Monroe National Monument & 46 more attractions near Norfolk

Norfolk has 47 notable places within 60 miles, among them 2 national park units. 11 of them are inside Norfolk. Visits to Colonial National Historical Park run to about 1.6M a year. Go 56 mi out for USS Texas.

Attractions nearby
47
within 60 miles
The big one
6 mi
Fort Monroe National Monument
National park units
2
parks & monuments
National Monument · 6 mi northwest

Fort Monroe National Monument

Former military installation in Hampton, Virginia, United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Mapped around Norfolk

Head to the northwest for most of the 32 on the list.

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

Everything nearby

All the places to visit

The 11 inside Norfolk come first, then 36 more within 60 miles.

The places inside Norfolk 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 Norfolk → · Norfolk’s history →

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

MacArthur Memorial: Unknown, Public domain · Norfolk Scope: Cag1970, Public domain · Nauticus: Ewelch1, CC BY 3.0 · Chrysler Museum of Art: Gosscj at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Hampton Roads Naval Museum: LittleT889, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Virginia Zoological Park: Mytwocents at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Norva Theatre: Faithlessthewonderboy, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 · Town Point Park: LittleT889, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 · Governor's Palace: Ron Cogswell, CC BY 2.0 · Mount Trashmore Park: Kubigula (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Virginia Aquarium: Rlevse, CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Mariners' Museum: Mytwocents at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 Air and Space Science Center: NASA Langley Research Center, 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 · Isle of Wight County Museum: Isle of Wight County Museum, CC BY-SA 3.0

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