Ocean View Amusement Park, Norfolk

Name: Ocean View Amusement Park
Address: Norfolk, United States

#3 among attractions in Norfolk

Amusement, Amusement park

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Ocean View Amusement Park was an amusement park at the end of Granby Street at Ocean View Avenue in Norfolk, Virginia, opened on April 13, 1957 and operated by Jack L. Greenspoon and Dudley Cooper. The amusement park and its wooden coaster, the Rocket, were featured in the 1977 movie Rollercoaster but closed on September 4, 1978. The Rocket was destroyed as part of the making of television's The Death of Ocean View Park in 1979. ()

Coordinates: 36°57'15"N, 76°15'3"W

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Ocean View Amusement Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Norfolk Botanical Garden, Fort Monroe, Chartway Arena, Old Point Comfort Light.

4.4 miSE
Botanical garden, Park
Norfolk Botanical Garden, Norfolk
112 min walk • The Norfolk Botanical Garden is a botanical garden with arboretum located at 6700 Azalea Garden Road, Norfolk, Virginia.
4.6 miNW
History museum, Forts and castles
Fort Monroe, Hampton
119 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.
5.6 miSW
Sport venue, Sport, Concerts and shows
Chartway Arena, Norfolk
143 min walk • Chartway Arena at the Ted Constant Convocation Center is a 219,330-square-foot, multi-purpose arena in Norfolk, Virginia, United States, on the campus of Old Dominion University. It is operated by Spectra Venue Management.
4.5 miNW
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Old Point Comfort Light, Hampton
115 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.
5.7 miSE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Norfolk Premium Outlets, Hampton
147 min walk • Norfolk Premium Outlets is an American outlet shopping complex located in Norfolk, Virginia on U.S. Route 13 near the interchange with Interstate 64. Developed by Simon Property Group and built by Cleveland Construction, the facility opened June 29, 2017, at the site of the old Lake Wright Golf Course, after one year of construction.
4.2 miN
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Thimble Shoal Light, Hampton
108 min walk • Thimble Shoal Light is a sparkplug lighthouse in the Virginia portion of Chesapeake Bay, north of the Hampton Roads channel. The third light at this location, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
3.8 miW
Synagogue
Commodore Levy Chapel, Norfolk
97 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.
4.6 miNW
Church
Chapel of the Centurion, Hampton
118 min walk • The Chapel of the Centurion is the oldest continually used wooden military structure for religious services in the United States. It is located inside Fort Monroe, a former military installation located in Hampton, Virginia.
0.6 miS
36°56'46"N • 76°15'1"W
Ocean View Golf Course, Norfolk
15 min walk • Golf
4.6 miNW
Forts and castles
Fort Algernon, Hampton
118 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.
4.6 miSW
36°54'37"N • 76°18'47"W
Hermitage Foundation Museum, Norfolk
117 min walk • Museum, History museum