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Attractions near Virginia Beach

Start with Mount Trashmore Park: the sights of Virginia Beach

Colonial National Historical Park sees about 1.6M visitors a year. Look within 40 miles and the list grows by 26 beyond the 6 inside Virginia Beach. Among them are 14 museums, 4 zoos & aquariums and 4 theatres. Further afield, Colonial Williamsburg is 50 mi from the centre.

Attractions nearby
46
within 60 miles
The big one
22 mi
Fort Monroe National Monument
National park units
3
parks & monuments
National Monument · 22 mi northwest

Fort Monroe National Monument

Former military installation in Hampton, Virginia, United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Plotted on the map

To the northwest is where most of the 26 lie.

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

Everything nearby

Everything to see

In town there are 6, and the list adds 40 more within 60 miles.

The places inside Virginia Beach 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 Virginia Beach → · Virginia Beach’s history →

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

Mount Trashmore Park: Kubigula (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · First Landing State Park: Virginia State Parks staff, CC BY 2.0 · Military Aviation Museum: Jnc, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Virginia Aquarium: Rlevse, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art: Rachel Hughes, 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 · 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 · Wright Brothers National Memorial: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Governor's Palace: Ron Cogswell, CC BY 2.0 · Nauticus: Ewelch1, CC BY 3.0 · Chrysler Museum of Art: Gosscj at English Wikipedia, Public domain · 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 · Colonial National Historical Park: No machine-readable author provided. Aude assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 2.5 · 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 · 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 · Town Point Park: LittleT889, CC BY-SA 4.0

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