#1 of 30 Things To Do in Hampton
Air Power Park
Newport News VA
~1.11 miles from Hampton city center
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in Hampton
Sentara Careplex
6015 Poplar hall Drive Norfolk VA - 757-825-0351
~1.47 miles from Hampton city center
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http://www.sentara.com
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in Hampton
Hampton Coliseum
1000 Coliseum Dr Hampton VA - 757-838-5650
~1.86 miles from Hampton city center
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Located in Hampton, Virginia, the Hampton Coliseum, commonly referred to as "the mothership" or "cosmic cupcake" due to its unique architecture, is a multi-use facility owned by the City of Hampton. It is used to host concerts, and is a regular stop on the World Wrestling Entertainment tour. Opening in 1970, then known as the Hampton Roads Coliseum, was the Hampton Roads metropolitan area's, and the state of Virginia's first large multi-purpose arena. The arena seats about 13,800 for festival-style concerts and 9,777 for basketball.
http://www.hamptoncoliseum.org/
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in Hampton
Hampton Roads Convention Center
1610 Coliseum Dr Hampton VA
~1.91 miles from Hampton city center
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The Hampton Roads Convention Center is located in the geographic heart of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area.
Hampton Roads Convention Center
1610 Coliseum Drive
Hampton, VA 23666
The state-of-the-art Hampton Roads Convention Center features 344,000 total square feet of versatile convention and exhibition space. There are 35 flexible spaces with capacity for up to 14,000 delegates, including a grand ballroom with banquet seating for more than 2,000 and spacious 108,000-square-foot exhibit hall that is divisible by three. An internationally award-winning, 295-suite John Q. Hammons Embassy Suites Hotel connects to the Hampton Roads Convention Center by a covered walkway. The Hampton Coliseum also shares the campus. Unique features include the tensile structure soaring above the center's main entrance, a wall of water flowing from the second level, and an outdoor terrace balcony, ideal for afternoon luncheons and evening receptions.
Wheelchair accessible.
http://www.thehrcc.com
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in Hampton
Langley Air Force Base
VA
~2.38 miles from Hampton city center
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Langley Air Force Base (IATA: LFI, ICAO: KLFI, FAA LID: LFI) is located three nautical miles (6 km) north of the central business district of the city of Hampton, Virginia, United States. It is the home of the United States Air Force's 633d Air Base Wing (633d ABW), 1st Fighter Wing (1 FW) and the 480th Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing (480 ISRW). It also hosts the Global Cyberspace Integration Center field operating agency and Headquarters Air Combat Command (ACC). The base is named for aviation pioneer Samuel Pierpont Langley. In late January 2010, Langley is scheduled to realign with Fort Eustis in Newport News, Virginia to become Joint Base Langley-Eustis.
As the host unit at Langley Air Force Base, Va., the 1st Fighter Wing operates and maintains one of the largest fighter bases in Air Combat Command. Throughout its history, the 1st FW has led the way, wherever and whenever called upon. The 192nd Fighter Wing is an Air National Guard component of the Virginia National Guard, located at Langley, which augments the active-duty Air Force components in the performance of their missions and other joint force operations.
http://www.langley.af.mil
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#6 of 30 Things To Do in Hampton
Virginia Air and Space Center
600 Settlers Landing Rd Hampton VA - 757-727-0900
~2.67 miles from Hampton city center
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Region: Tidewater and Hampton Roads
Locality: Hampton City
600 Settlers Landing Road
Hampton, VA 23669
Take flight to the Virginia Air & Space Center in Hampton, the birthplace of America's space program and the official visitor center for NASA Langley Research Center. Your imagination will soar as you launch a rocket, pilot a shuttle and try on wings to feel the lift that makes things fly. Come face to face with the Apollo 12 Command Capsule that went to the moon, a moon rock, a Mars meteorite and historic planes. Experience an IMAX film in the giant-screen IMAX Theater...you have to see it to believe it!
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#7 of 30 Things To Do in Hampton
Hampton University Convocation Center
700 Emancipation Drive Hampton VA
~3.11 miles from Hampton city center
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Since opening in 1993, the Hampton University Convocation Center in Hampton, Va. has hosted concerts, basketball games and conventions.
he HU Convocation Center is one of the crowning achievements of Hampton University's recently-celebrated 125th anniversary and is a prominent part of the University's landscape. This site provides you with all of the facility information you need in a fast, efficient and user-friendly manner. Hampton University and the entire Hampton Roads community take great pride in the facilities design, acoustics, amenities and staff. From meetings and events to concerts and conventions, the HU Convocation Center's professional staff stands ready to help you make your next major event, concert or convention a tremendous success.
Hampton University is centrally located on the gorgeous Hampton waterfront, between Virginia's Atlantic coast and historic Colonial Williamsburg. It is less than 150 miles from Washington, D.C. The excellent interstate highway system means Hampton University's Convocation Center is fewer than 30 miles from Norfolk International Airport and about one hour from Richmond International Airport.
http://www.hamptonu.edu/convocation_center
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in Hampton
Hampton University
Hampton VA
~3.17 miles from Hampton city center
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Some History:
The campus overlooking the northern edge of the harbor of Hampton Roads was founded on the grounds of "Little Scotland", a former plantation in Elizabeth City County not far from Fort Monroe and the Grand Contraband Camp, each tangible symbols of freedom for former slaves shortly after the end of the American Civil War.
First led by former Union General Samuel C. Armstrong, among the school's famous alumni is educator Dr. Booker T. Washington. Under what is now called the Emancipation Oak tree, Mary Smith Peake taught the first classes on September 17, 1861, in defiance of a Virginia law against teaching slaves, free blacks and mulattos to read or write, a law which had cut her own education short years earlier. Several years later, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was read to local freedmen under the same historic tree, which is still located on the campus today, and also serves as a symbol for the modern City of Hampton.
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in Hampton
Little England Chapel Culture
3922 Kecoughtan Rd Hampton VA - 757-728-1710
~3.49 miles from Hampton city center
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Hampton
War Memorial Stadium
Newport News VA
~3.58 miles from Hampton city center
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War Memorial Stadium is a stadium in Hampton, Virginia. It is primarily used for baseball and has been the home of the various incarnations of the Peninsula Pilots, including the current Coastal Plain League incarnation. It is also the home for the Apprentice School Builders college baseball team. The ballpark has a capacity of 4,875 people and opened in June, 1948.
Peninsula War Memorial Stadium was designed by the legendary Branch Rickey as an affiliate for his Brooklyn Dodgers. The Newport News Dodgers won 3 Piedmont League Championships before Brooklyn moved to Los Angeles and the Dodgers were no more in 1958. In 1963 the Carolina League came to the Stadiun as the Top Class "A" club of the Washington Senators. The Peninsula Grays were born. The Cincinnati Reds followed with Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench playing in the Stadium in 1965. The 1965 team also won the pennant for best record but lost in the playoffs. The Kansas City/Oakland "A"s followed until 1968 when the Astros came in. The following started a great era: the era of the Phillies. The name Astros was kept for 1969 when the Phillies came knocking. That's when the club adopted the nickname Peninsula Pilots, which was used 1971, 1976-1986, 1989-1992. The Phillies were Peninsula's affiliate for much of that time winning 7 Carolina League Division Championships, including 6 trips to the Carolina League Championship Series. In 1980 the club had a record of 100-40 and swept the Durham Bulls in the League Championship Series. That team had a .714 winning percentage, which was the best in Carolina League history. It still stands as one of the top 20 all time records in professional baseball history. The Seattle Mariners were the affiliate in Peninsula's last season and won the CL Championship. Then the era of professional baseball on the peninsula that dated back to 1893 was over. The team is honored by the Peninsula Pro Baseball Alumni Association and the Peninsula Professional Baseball Hall of Fame. Inductee and chairman is longtime Peninsula executive John Graham. War Memorial Stadium celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2008.
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in Hampton
Buckroe Beach
Hampton VA
~4.36 miles from Hampton city center
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Buckroe Beach is one of the oldest recreational areas in Virginia. Long located in Elizabeth City County, Virginia near the downtown area of the lost town of Phoebus, Virginia, in modern times, it is located in the Buckroe section of the independent city of Hampton adjacent to Fort Monroe and Old Point Comfort. It fronts the mouth of Hampton Roads at the Chesapeake Bay.
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in Hampton
Fort Monroe's Casemate Museum
Hampton VA
~5.00 miles from Hampton city center
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Built in 1741, this fort -- the island's oldest -- stands guard at the eastern entrance to Nassau's harbor. The Americans captured it in 1776 during the Revolutionary War. Less interesting than Fort Charlotte and Fort Fincastle, the ruins of this place are mainly for fort buffs. Regrettably, it can be visited only from the outside, but many visitors find the nearby park, with well-maintained lawns, plenty of shade, and vendors peddling local handicrafts, more interesting than the fort itself.
Read more: http://www.frommers.com/destinations/newprovidence/A34412.html#ixzz0XzwkkFIG
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Hampton
Virginia War Museum
Newport News VA
~5.47 miles from Hampton city center
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The Virginia War Museum is located in Huntington Park on Warwick Blvd., Newport News, Virginia. The museum contains exhibits on American military history from 1775 to the present.
The Virginia War Museum was founded in 1923 by the Braxton-Perkins Post #25 of the American Legion as the American Legion Memorial Museum of Virginia. The City of Newport News assumed overall administration of the museum in the 1950's and it was known as the War Memorial Museum of Virginia. In 1987, the Virginia War Museum Foundation was established by the Newport News City Council and the museum adopted its current name.
The Museum's collection includes, weapons, vehicles, tanks, cannons, artifacts, uniforms and posters from various periods of American history. Highlights of the Museum's collection include a section of the Berlin Wall and the outer wall from Dachau Concentration Camp. The museum also contains a research library with archives.
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in Hampton
Huntington Park
Newport News VA
~5.67 miles from Hampton city center
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Huntington Park is a park located in Newport News, Virginia, USA. It offers a beach, two fishing piers, gardens, tennis, and museums. It is run by the Newport News Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism.
Huntington Park is located at the base of the Newport News side of the James River Bridge. The park spans 60 acres (243,000 m²), making it the fourth-largest park in the Newport News Parks system. There are entrances on Mercury Boulevard just before the bridge, and on the park's eastern side at Warwick Boulevard.
The park has several different activities available to visitors.
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#15 of 30 Things To Do in Hampton
Virginia Living Museum
524 J Clyde Morris Blvd Newport News VA
~6.48 miles from Hampton city center
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This museum has a mix of everything: marine life, wildlife, plants and a planetarium. The operators are pioneers in their field: when it opened in 1987, it was the only living museum East of the Mississippi River. Its focus on public education makes it a popular destination for families. Group rates and member discounts are available. Check the website for details.
http://www.thevlm.org
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in Hampton
Newport News City Hall
Newport News VA
~6.68 miles from Hampton city center
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A view of the Newport News City Hall Building on Washington Avenue, located in Downtown Newport News. Some of the functions of City Hall are being conducted in the new City Center at Oyster Point, but this building is still functional. This building, along with the immediately surrounding buildings comprise the Jessie Menifield Rattley Municipal Center.
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#17 of 30 Things To Do in Hampton
Mariners Museum
Newport News VA
~6.77 miles from Hampton city center
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Region: Tidewater and Hampton Roads
Locality: Newport News City
The Mariners' Museum
100 Museum Drive
Newport News, VA 23606
Driving Directions
Designated as "America's National Maritime Museum," The Mariners’ Museum illustrates the spirit of seafaring adventure through a renowned and diverse collection of artifacts, including rare figureheads, handcrafted ship models, paintings, the International Small Craft Center, and more. The remains of the most famous Civil War ironclad have a permanent home in the award winning USS Monitor Center, where visitors can be part of the action in the high-definition battle theater, walk a full-scale Monitor replica, view interactive exhibits, and see notable artifacts, like the renowned gun turret, as they undergo conservation. The Museum is located within the beautiful 550-acre Mariners' Museum Park, which features the wooded five-mile Noland Trail and tranquil Lake Maury. The Cafe features a variety of fare and the Museum shop is open daily.
Accessibility:
Hours:
Opens: 10:00 AM
Closes: 5:00 PM
Admission Fee: $14/$8 child (6-12)
Children Welcome
Telephone:
Phone: (757) 596-2222
Toll Free: (800) 581-7245
Fax: (757) 591-7320
Website:
www.MarinersMuseum.org
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in Hampton
King Lincoln Park
Newport News VA
~6.82 miles from Hampton city center
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King-Lincoln Park is an 18.8 acre (76,000 m²) park in Newport News, Virginia. It is maintained by the Newport News Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism.
King-Lincoln Park is located at 600 Jefferson Avenue, where the road meets the waters of Hampton Roads harbor.
The land that makes up King-Lincoln Park was known as Pinkett's Beach until it was turned into a park by the city in 1968. It was originally known as Lincoln Park to honor Abraham Lincoln. After the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., the park's name was changed to honor him as well.
Recently, an effort has been made to drop the Lincoln name from the park and rename it Martin Luther King Jr. Park.
The park offers visitors a saltwater fishing pier, a beach, basketball courts, tennis courts, a playground and picnic shelters. A stage has been built at the park for presentation of events such as concerts. A nature center with interpretive programs is present. Floral gardens are planned.
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in Hampton
Peninsula Fine Arts Center
Newport News VA
~6.86 miles from Hampton city center
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The Peninsula Fine Arts Center is an art museum located in Newport News, Virginia and is associated with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. It is located at 101 Museum Drive on the grounds of the park surrounding the Mariners' Museum and is accredited with the American Association of Museums. In addition to changing gallery space, the Peninsula Fine Arts Center maintains a permanent "Hands On For Kids" gallery designed for children and families to interact in what the Center describes as "a fun, educational environment that encourages participation with art materials and concepts."
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#20 of 30 Things To Do in Hampton
Ferguson Center for the Arts
Newport News VA
~6.88 miles from Hampton city center
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The Ferguson Center for the Arts is a theater and concert hall on the campus of Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia, USA. The complex fully opened in September 2005 with two concert halls and many other facilities.
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#21 of 30 Things To Do in Hampton
The Ferguson Center for the Performing Arts
1 University Place Newport News VA
~7.06 miles from Hampton city center
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The Ferguson Center for the Arts is a theater and concert hall on the campus of Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia, USA. The complex fully opened in September 2005 with two concert halls and many other facilities.
Performing arts venues
The Ferguson Center for the Arts contains three distinct, separate concert halls: the Concert Hall, the Music and Theatre Hall, and the Studio Theatre.
The Concert Hall
The Concert Hall is the flagship auditorium in the complex. The hall is acoustically engineered so that anyone on stage can be heard from any seat without a microphone. The Concert Hall has 1,725 seats.
The Music and Theatre Hall
A 453-seat theater in the Ferguson Center for the Arts complex.
The Studio Theatre
A 200-seat theater in the Ferguson Center for the Arts complex.
Other facilities
The building also contains rehearsal halls, a dance studio, full scenery, prop and costume shops, arts studions, Ferguson Hall Art Gallery, the Falk Gallery, music practice rooms, and many educational classrooms and other learning areas. The majority of these rooms opened in the Fall of 2005.
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in Hampton
Christopher Newport University
1 University Place Newport News VA - 757-594-7000
~7.07 miles from Hampton city center
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Christopher Newport University is a dynamic, thriving institution where you’ll find dedicated professors and small classes that are the hallmark of a private liberal arts education, and magnificent facilities that few institutions can rival.
Undergraduate and graduate programs at CNU include more than 80 academic majors and programs, ranging from accounting to theater arts, management to social work. Our 4,884 students come from every region in Virginia, 25 other states, and 30 foreign nations.
CNU is located in Newport News, Virginia, near some of the nation’s most significant historic sites and some of its best beaches! Here on our 260-acre campus, you’ll find boundless energy and state-of-the-art buildings - including new library, residence halls, apartments and an arts center designed by the firm of internationally renowned architect I.M. Pei.
http://www.cnu.edu
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in Hampton
John B. Todd Stadium
Newport News VA
~7.14 miles from Hampton city center
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John B. Todd Stadium is a football stadium located on Warwick Blvd. between Minton and Hidenwood Drives in Newport News, Virginia. It is named after John B. Todd, who was a standout football player at Newport News High School and at the College of William and Mary.
Todd Stadium is owned and operated by Newport News Public Schools since its opening in 1967. All five high schools in Newport News use the stadium for football as well as track meets in order to consolidate resources among their members. Joseph S. Darling Memorial Stadium in nearby Hampton, Virginia serves high schools in Hampton in a similar fashion.
Todd Stadium has a capacity of about 11,000 people. It is typically packed for AAA Peninsula District games and has also been used for state championship football games, most recently for the 2006 AAA Division 5 Championship between Phoebus High School and Edison High School. Todd Stadium is also used for the VHSL AAA state track and field championships.
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in Hampton
Patrick Henry Mall
12300 Jefferson Avenue Newport News VA
~8.07 miles from Hampton city center
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The largest in Newport News, this mall features over 120 of today's most popular shops.
Patrick Henry Mall is a shopping mall in Newport News, Virginia. It is located on Interstate 64 Westbound and Jefferson Ave at exit 255A. Patrick Henry Mall, which is named after Patrick Henry, opened as the Peninsula area's second enclosed regional mall in 1987 after Coliseum Mall in Hampton 15 years earlier in 1973. The mall is shaped as a compass with Macy's in the north, JCPenney in the east, Dillard's at the south, and in the west wing is Hampton Roads' first in-mall lifestyle area including Dick's, Borders, and Red Robin, opened in 2006 during a mall-wide renovation.
Since the redevelopment of Coliseum Mall into the Peninsula Town Center, Patrick Henry Mall is the only enclosed mall between Richmond's Regency Square and Norfolk's Gallery at Military Circle. Since 2003, along with the New River Valley Mall near Virginia Tech, it is one of two Virginia malls owned by the Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust or PREIT.
http://www.shoppatrickhenrymall.com
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in Hampton
Hermitage Foundation Museum
Norfolk VA
~10.55 miles from Hampton city center
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The Hermitage Museum and Gardens consists of an early 20th century historic house museum with a world-wide art collection and contemporary exhibition galleries, surrounded by twelve acres of formal gardens and natural woodlands; educational wetlands; a Visual Arts School; and a Studio Artists Program. It is located within minutes of the largest U.S. naval base, the world's busiest coal pier, and a major East Coast container port. The property is bordered on three sides by the Lafayette River, a tributary of the tidal estuary that threads through Hampton Roads.
The house was built by William and Florence Sloane, wealthy New Yorkers who came to Hampton Roads in 1895 to operate textile mills. Named “Hermitage,” the house began in 1908 as a five-room summer home but soon became the Sloanes’ principal residence. Under Florence Sloane’s active direction, the Arts and Crafts style house was reoriented and expanded to its final forty-two rooms by 1936.
The Sloanes had broad artistic interests and were educated collectors. They were instrumental in the founding of the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences, now the Chrysler Museum, also in Norfolk. Florence Sloane also maintained friendships and corresponded with prominent artists, many of whom are represented in the Sloane Collection.
The Sloanes established the Hermitage Foundation, a non-stock, non-profit corporation, in 1937, as a museum to encourage development of Arts and Crafts and to promote the arts within the community. Ultimately, they contributed the house and its contents, the Hermitage grounds, and all outbuildings on the property to the Foundation. The Hermitage house museum opened to the public permanently in 1942, following a short closing after the death of her husband in 1940. Florence Sloane remained in residence at the Hermitage until her death in 1953, while her youngest son, E.K., lived in the house and lead the Hermitage Foundation until the early 1970s.
The house and décor reflect the period when the Sloanes—a family with two boys, large Russian wolfhounds, horses, and sheep on the greensward—lived at the Hermitage. A tour gives the 21st century visitor a sense of the life and artistic interests of a wealthy family during the first half of the prior century. Today, the Hermitage actively supports arts and culture, maintaining and operating the house and grounds as a museum open to the public. In addition, the Hermitage offers a Visual Arts School, Studio Artists Program, twelve acres of gardens including an educational Wetlands Restoration program, and events and programs year-round.
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in Hampton
Newport News Park
Newport News VA
~11.73 miles from Hampton city center
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Newport News Park, located in Newport News, Virginia, is the largest park in the system of municipal parks maintained by the Newport News Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism. At 8,065 acres (32.63 km²), it is one of largest city-run parks in the United States. It offers a wide range of activities for residents and tourists alike.
Newport News Park is located in the northern part of the city of Newport News. Its main entrance sits on Jefferson Avenue, to the northwest of its intersection with Ft. Eustis Boulevard. Further up Jefferson Avenue is the entrance to its campsite. To the northeast of the intersection, on Ft. Eustis Boulevard, is the secondary entrance at Old Stable Road, and further up Ft. Eustis Boulevard is the main entrance for the Newport News Golf Club at Deer Run, located on park grounds. Newport News Park shares a long stretch of border with the Colonial National Historical Park and several of the park's biking and hiking trails cross over into the CNHP.
The mailing address for Newport News Park is 13560 Jefferson Avenue, Newport News VA 23603 USA.
During the American Civil War, the current park was the site of the Battle of Dam No. 1, part of the Battle of Yorktown (1862). In the days prior to the battle, the Confederate forces constructed rifle pits and other earth works from which they held off the Union Army forces commanded by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan. The earth works were preserved; though overgrown with woods, they are accessible from the White Oak nature trail on the camping side of the reservoir.
In the 1960s, as Newport News grew, the city found itself taxing its water supply. The solution to the problem was to purchase several lakes in the Lee Hall area and pump the water into the city. To protect the cleanliness of the water, a watershed around the new Lee Hall Reservoir was created. The watershed was developed into Newport News Park in 1966, primarily through the efforts of City Manager Joe Biggins, who considered the development of a large park important as the city continued to grow.
Newport News Park offers 188 campsites, ranging from basic sites with no utilities to sites with electrical and water hookups.
There are over 30 miles (50 km) of trails in the Newport News Park complex. The park has a 5.3 mile (8.5 km) multi-use bike path. The park offers bicycle and helmet rental, and requires helmet use by children under 14.
The Newport News Park Discovery Center was built to give visitors a look at the park in a more structured, educational way. There are numerous exhibits on the types of natural life in the park, as well as exhibits on the historical aspects of the land. Civil War artifacts found in the park are on display.
Newport News Park also offers an archery range, disc golf course, and an "aeromodel flying field" for remote-controlled aircraft, complete with a 400 ft (120 m) runway. The park welcomes geocaching, with over 50 geocaches in the park (as of August 2008).
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in Hampton
Old Dominion University
Norfolk VA
~12.49 miles from Hampton city center
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Old Dominion University (ODU) is a large public research university located in historic Norfolk, Virginia, United States. It was established in 1930 as the Norfolk Division of the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. ODU awarded its first bachelor's degrees in 1956, became Old Dominion College in 1962, and attained university status in 1969. ODU offers a full range of degree programs and is one of the nation's largest providers of online distance learning courses. Old Dominion University derives its name from one of Virginia's state nicknames, "The Old Dominion." Given to the state by King Charles II of England for remaining loyal to the crown during the English Civil War, the nickname serves as a reminder of ODU's royal roots. The College Guide of Washington Monthly Magazine, which rates institutions based on their record for good works as well as research, places Old Dominion University at 120 in a ranking of 242 major colleges and universities. Old Dominion has grown into its own over the years and is now one of only 101 public universities with a Carnegie/Doctoral Research-Extensive distinction.
The Princeton Review has named ODU as a Best Southeastern College
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#28 of 30 Things To Do in Hampton
Ted Constant Convocation Center
Norfolk VA
~12.70 miles from Hampton city center
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The Ted Constant Convocation Center is a 9,520-seat (219,330 square feet) multi-purpose arena in Norfolk, Virginia, located on the campus of Old Dominion University. "The Ted" has 7,519 (fixed) fully cushioned seats, 16 luxury suites, and a state-of-the-art scoreboard. The arena currently seats 8,639 for basketball games. In addition to being used for home basketball games, the Constant Center hosts family-oriented events as well as concerts and lectures.
"The Ted" opened in October 2002, and was designed by Southfield, Michigan architecture firm Rossetti.
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#29 of 30 Things To Do in Hampton
Norfolk Virginia Zoological Pk
3500 Granby St Norfolk VA - 757-441-2706
~13.34 miles from Hampton city center
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Nestled on 53 acres along the Lafayette River, this zoo is home to over 350 animals ranging from elephants, Siberian tigers, and monkeys to reptiles and birds. A ten acre Okavango African habitat, a Reptile and Nocturnal Gallery, a Barnyard, and Botanical Gardens are just some of the features of this zoo.
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#30 of 30 Things To Do in Hampton
Atlantic Ocean Beaches
Virginia Beach VA
~13.55 miles from Hampton city center
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