Nansemond National Wildlife Refuge

#3516 among destinations in the United States

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The Nansemond National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge of the United States located along the Nansemond River in Suffolk, Virginia. It is managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service as a satellite of Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. In 1973 about 207 acres of salt marsh were transferred to the Service by the United States Navy to form the refuge. An additional 204 acres were transferred in 1999. ()

Established: 1973 (51 years ago)Coordinates: 36°49'2"N, 76°33'0"W

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Nansemond National Wildlife Refuge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Riddick House, Glebe Church, St. John's Church, Kings Highway Bridge.

5.8 miS
Historical place, Museum, History museum
Riddick House, Suffolk
149 min walk • Riddick House, also known as Riddicks Folly, is a historic home located at Suffolk, Virginia. It was built in 1837, and is a 2 1/2-story, five bay by four bay, Greek Revival style brick townhouse.
3 miE
Church
Glebe Church, Suffolk
77 min walk • Glebe Church is a historic Anglican church in Driver, Virginia and its surrounding glebe. The church was built in 1737–1738, and is a rectangular, gable-roofed, brick church measuring 48 feet, 6 inches, by 25 feet, 4 inches. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
2.8 miN
Church
St. John's Church, Suffolk
72 min walk • St. John's Church, also known as Chuckatuck Church is a historic Episcopal church located near Chuckatuck. Constructed in 1755, St. John's is the third church to occupy the site in a parish which was established in 1642. St.
1.6 miN
Bridge
Kings Highway Bridge, Suffolk
41 min walk • Kings Highway Bridge was located on the Nansemond River in the independent city of Suffolk, Virginia, United States. Built in 1928, it carried traffic on the Kings Highway, also known as State Route 125, for over 75 years.
3.4 miNW
Interesting neighbourhood
Chuckatuck Historic District, Suffolk
88 min walk • Chuckatuck Historic District is a national historic district located at Chuckatuck, Suffolk, Virginia. The district encompasses 51 contributing buildings and 2 contributing structures in the crossroads community of Chuckatuck in Suffolk.
3.4 miNW
Neighbourhood
Godwin–Knight House, Suffolk
88 min walk • Godwin–Knight House is a historic home located at Chuckatuck, Virginia. It was built in 1856, in the Federal style, then elaborately remodeled about 1898 in the Queen Anne style. It is a 2 1/2-story, three-bay, double-pile side-hall-plan frame dwelling. hipped roof front porch.
5.8 miNE
Bridge
Nansemond River Bridge, Suffolk
147 min walk • The Nansemond River Bridge, officially the Mills E. Godwin Bridge, is located in the independent city of Suffolk, Virginia and carries U.S. Route 17 across the Nansemond River. The current bridge, opened in 1982, was named in honor of former Virginia governor Mills E. Godwin Jr. a prominent member of the Chuckatuck community.