Old Point Comfort
Old Point Comfort is a point of land located in the independent city of Hampton, Virginia.
Old Point Comfort is a point of land located in the independent city of Hampton, Virginia. Previously known as Point Comfort, it lies at the extreme tip of the Virginia Peninsula at the mouth of Hampton Roads in the United States. It was renamed Old Point Comfort to differentiate it from New Point Comfort 21 miles (34 km) up the Chesapeake Bay. A group of enslaved Africans was brought to colonial Virginia at this point in 1619. Today the location is home to Continental Park and Fort Monroe National Monument.
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Worth seeing in and around Old Point Comfort
8 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.
3.2 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.
1.6 km · bridge in United States of America · Wikipedia - 03Hampton 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.
2.7 km · cemetery in Hampton, Virginia, USA · Wikipedia - 04Old 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.
400 m · lighthouse in Virginia, United States · Wikipedia - 05Hampton University Museum
Founded in 1868 on the campus of Hampton University, the Hampton University Museum is the oldest African-American museum in the United States and the oldest museum in Virginia. It is the first institutional collection of work by African-American artists, and also has the South's largest collection of ethnic art, including African and American Indian art and artifacts.
3.4 km · Museum in Hampton, Virginia · Wikipedia - 06Quarters 1
Quarters 1, also known as Building 1, is a historic officer's quarters located at Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia. The original section was built in 1819, and consists of a three-story, central block, double pile residence with flanking, two-story wings in the Federal style.
600 m · historic officer's quarters located at Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia · Wikipedia - 07Hampton Convocation Center
Hampton Convocation Center is a 7,200-seat multi-purpose arena in Hampton, Virginia. It was built in 1993 and is home to the Hampton University Pirates basketball team.
2.8 km · arena in Hampton, Virginia · Wikipedia - 08Little England Chapel
Little England Chapel was founded by George C. Rowe. A printer at Hampton Institute, Rowe began the Sunday school with three Newtown children, in a small section of his home.
4 km · chapel in Virginia, United States of America · Wikipedia
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Getting to Old Point Comfort
- Airports
- Norfolk (ORF), 15 km · Richmond (RIC), 105 km · Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA), 216 km
- Richmond → Old Point Comfort119 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · $10–14
- Washington → Old Point Comfort220 km · quickest by road, 4h 25m · $23–32
- Dulles → Old Point Comfort240 km · quickest by road, 4h 48m · $24–33
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No local-transport research exists yet for Old Point Comfort
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 Old Point Comfort. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get around$4.50 will get you an all-day pass which is usable on most buses, the ferry, and Tide Light Rail.
- Get aroundHampton Roads Transit runs a passenger ferry from Portsmouth.
- Get aroundThe ferry's crew does not carry cash, so be sure to bring the exact fare for each rider.
- Get aroundThe fare is $2.00 one way, and $4.50 for an all-day pass which is usable on the Tide, the ferry and HRT buses.
- Go nextVirginia Beach Take the ferry to Portsmouth Take a cruise from Norfolk to Bermuda or the Caribbean.
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Next door to Old Point Comfort
Old Point Comfort is 34 km from Virginia Beach, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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