Fort Wool

#6343 among destinations in the United States

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Fort Wool is a decommissioned island fortification located in the mouth of Hampton Roads, adjacent to the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel. Now officially known as Rip Raps Island, the fort has an elevation of 7 feet and sits near Old Point Comfort, Old Point Comfort Light, Willoughby Beach and Willoughby Spit, approximately one mile south of Fort Monroe. ()

Built: 1818 (207 years ago)Coordinates: 36°59'4"N, 76°18'9"W

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VirginiaUnited States

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Fort Wool – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort Light, Fort Algernon, Old Point Comfort.

1.3 miN
History museum, Forts and castles
Fort Monroe, Hampton
33 min walk • Fort Monroe, managed by partnership between the Fort Monroe Authority for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the National Park Service as the Fort Monroe National Monument, and the City of Hampton, is a former military installation in Hampton, Virginia, at Old Point Comfort, the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula, United States.
1.2 miN
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Old Point Comfort Light, Hampton
31 min walk • 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. The lighthouse is owned and maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
1.3 miN
Forts and castles
Fort Algernon, Hampton
33 min walk • Fort Algernon was established in the fall of 1609 at the mouth of Hampton Roads at Point Comfort in the Virginia Colony. A strategic point for guarding the shipping channel leading from the Chesapeake Bay, Fort Monroe was built there beginning in the 1830s.
1.2 miNW
Neighbourhood
Old Point Comfort, Hampton
31 min walk • 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.
1.6 miSE
Beach
Willoughby Spit, Norfolk
42 min walk • Willoughby Spit is a peninsula of land in the independent city of Norfolk, Virginia in the United States. It is bordered by water on three sides: the Chesapeake Bay to the north, Hampton Roads to the west, and Willoughby Bay to the south.

Fort Wool

Facts and practical information

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Fort Wool – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Fort Monroe, Hampton

Old Point Comfort Light, Hampton

Fort Algernon, Hampton

Old Point Comfort, Hampton

Willoughby Spit, Norfolk