Newport News Middle Ground Light, Newport News

#24 among attractions in Newport News

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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. ()

Coordinates: 36°56'42"N, 76°23'30"W

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Newport News United States

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Newport News Middle Ground Light – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Buckroe Beach Carousel, Victory Arch, J. Thomas Newsome House, King-Lincoln Park.

6.1 miNE
Amusement, Amusement ride, Amusement park
Buckroe Beach Carousel, Hampton
155 min walk • Buckroe Beach Carousel, also known as Philadelphia Toboggan Company Number Fifty and the Hampton Carousel, is a historic carousel operated by the Hampton History Museum located at Hampton, Virginia. It was built by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company and installed at Buckroe Beach in 1920.
3.1 miNW
Park, Monuments and statues
Victory Arch, Newport News
81 min walk • 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.
3.2 miN
Museum, History museum
J. Thomas Newsome House, Newport News
82 min walk • J. Thomas Newsome House is a historic home located at Newport News, Virginia. It was built in 1898, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, seven bay, asymmetrical, frame Queen Anne style dwelling. It features a steeply pitched irregularly composed roof, three sided bay, front Palladian window, and corner tower.
1.9 miNW
Park
King-Lincoln Park, Newport News
48 min walk • 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.
4 miE
Synagogue
Commodore Levy Chapel, Norfolk
103 min walk • The Commodore Levy Chapel, established in 1942 and renamed in 1959 in honor of Uriah P. Levy, is the United States Navy's oldest Jewish chapel, located at Naval Station Norfolk, in Norfolk, Virginia. It is part of a chapel complex in the Naval Station's Frazier Hall that also includes Catholic, Protestant, and Muslim Chapels.
3.4 miNW
Church
St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, Newport News
88 min walk • St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church is a historic Catholic church complex in Newport News, Virginia, United States. It was built 1916–1917 and is a 1+1⁄2-story, brick, Classical Revival style longitudinal-plan church. It was designed by the Carl Ruehrmurd of Richmond, Virginia.
3.1 miNW
Museum, History museum
James A. Fields House, Newport News
79 min walk • James A. Fields House is a historic home located in the Brookville Heights neighborhood in the East End of Newport News, Virginia. It was built in 1897, and is a two-story, Italianate style red brick dwelling on a raised basement.
3.6 miS
36°53'33"N • 76°23'58"W
Hoffler Creek Wildlife Foundation, Portsmouth
93 min walk • Nature and wildlife, Park
5.6 miNE
Island
Fort Wool
144 min walk • Fort Wool is a decommissioned island fortification located in the mouth of Hampton Roads, adjacent to the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel.
3.4 miNW
Library
Newport News Public Library, Newport News
87 min walk • The first Newport News Public Library, renamed West Avenue Library, now NNPLS Technical Services, in the Newport News Public Library System, was opened on October 14, 1929 at the corner of West Avenue and 30th Street in the City of Newport News, Virginia.
3.7 miN
Cemetery
Greenlawn Memorial Park, Newport News
94 min walk • Greenlawn Memorial Park, also known as Greenlawn Cemetery, is located at 2700 Parish Avenue, Newport News, Virginia. Greenlawn Memorial Park is a 50-acre cemetery located where two natural streams, Mill Dam Creek and Salters Creek, come together.