Hampton
Hampton is an independent city in Virginia, United States.
Hampton is an independent city in Virginia, United States. The population was 137,148 at the 2020 census, making it the seventh-most populous city in Virginia. Hampton is included in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area, which has more than 1.8 million inhabitants and is the 37th-largest metropolitan area in the U.S.
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Worth seeing in and around Hampton
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Hampton University
Hampton University is a private, historically black, research university in Hampton, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1868 as Hampton Agricultural and Industrial Institute, it was established by Black and White leaders of the American Missionary Association after the American Civil War to provide education to freedmen.
1 km · historically black university in Virginia · Wikipedia - 02Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel
The Hampton Roads Bridge–Tunnel is a 3.5-mile-long Hampton Roads crossing for Interstate 64 and US Route 60. It is a four-lane facility comprising bridges, trestles, artificial islands, and tunnels under the main shipping channels for Hampton Roads harbor in the southeastern portion of Virginia in the United States.
5.6 km · bridge in United States of America · Wikipedia - 03King-Lincoln Park
King-Lincoln Park is an 18.8 acre park in Newport News, Virginia. It is maintained by the Newport News Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism.
8.9 km · park in the United States of America · Wikipedia - 04Newport News Middle Ground Light
Newport News Middle Ground Light is a lighthouse near the Monitor–Merrimac Memorial Bridge–Tunnel on Interstate 664 in Hampton Roads. It is the oldest caisson lighthouse in Virginia.
10 km · lighthouse in Virginia, United States · Wikipedia - 05Newport News Victory Arch
The Newport News Victory Arch is a monument in Newport News, Virginia, erected first in 1919 and then rebuilt in 1962. The Victory Arch was established as a memorial to those who served in the American armed forces during periods of war.
9.6 km · monument in Virginia, United States · Wikipedia - 06Hampton National Cemetery
Hampton National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in the city of Hampton, Virginia. It encompasses 27.1 acres, and as of 2014, had over 30,000 interments.
1.5 km · cemetery in Hampton, Virginia, USA · Wikipedia - 07Hampton Coliseum
Hampton Coliseum is a multi-purpose arena in Hampton, Virginia. Construction began on May 24, 1968.
3.4 km · multi-purpose hall in Hamptron, Virginia, United States · Wikipedia - 08Old Point Comfort Light
Old Point Comfort Light is a lighthouse located on the grounds of Fort Monroe in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay. It is the second oldest light in the bay and the oldest still in use.
4.3 km · lighthouse in Virginia, United States · Wikipedia - 09St. John's Episcopal Church
St. John's is an Episcopal church located in Hampton, Virginia, United States, within the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia.
200 m · historic church building in Hampton, Virginia · Wikipedia - 10Back River Light
The Back River Light, also known as the Grandview Light, was a lighthouse south of the mouth of the Back River on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay, several miles north of Fort Monroe near Hampton, Virginia. Plagued by erosion for most of its existence, it was destroyed in 1956 by Hurricane Flossy.
9.5 km · lighthouse in Virginia, United States · Wikipedia
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Getting to Hampton
- Airports
- Norfolk (ORF), 19 km · Richmond (RIC), 101 km · Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA), 212 km
- Stations
- Newport News station, 9.6 km · Naval Station Norfolk Chambers Field, 9.5 km
- Richmond → Hampton115 km · quickest by road, 2h 15m · $10–14
- Washington → Hampton70 km · quickest by road, 2h 1m · $7–10
- Dulles → Hampton236 km · quickest by road, 4h 40m · $24–33
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Hampton
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Hampton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Hampton – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Hampton
Hampton is 38 km from Virginia Beach, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Old Point Comforthuman settlement in United States of America4.1 km
- Willoughby Spitpeninsula of land in the independent city of Norfolk, Virginia8.6 km
- The Chamberlinretirement community and historic hotel in Hampton, Virginia, formerly known as the Chamberlin Hotel4 km
- East Endneighborhood in Newport News, Virginia8.7 km
- Sewell's Pointhuman settlement in Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America8.1 km
- Kecoughtanhuman settlement in Virginia, United States of America1.3 km