Willoughby Spit, Norfolk

#81 among attractions in Norfolk

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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. ()

Coordinates: 36°58'1"N, 76°16'57"W

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WilloughbyNorfolk United States

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Willoughby Spit – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ocean View Amusement Park, Fort Monroe, Buckroe Beach Carousel, Old Point Comfort Marina.

2 miSE
Amusement, Amusement park
Ocean View Amusement Park, Norfolk
51 min walk • 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.
2.8 miNW
History museum, Forts and castles
Fort Monroe, Hampton
73 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.
5.2 miNW
Amusement, Amusement ride, Amusement park
Buckroe Beach Carousel, Hampton
132 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.
3.2 miNW
37°0'18"N • 76°18'52"W
Old Point Comfort Marina, Hampton
81 min walk • Sailing, Marina
2.7 miNW
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Old Point Comfort Light, Hampton
70 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.
4 miNE
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Thimble Shoal Light, Hampton
103 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.
2.4 miSW
Synagogue
Commodore Levy Chapel, Norfolk
63 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.
2.8 miNW
Church
Chapel of the Centurion, Hampton
73 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.
2.3 miSE
36°56'46"N • 76°15'1"W
Ocean View Golf Course, Norfolk
59 min walk • Golf
2.8 miNW
Forts and castles
Fort Algernon, Hampton
73 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.
1.6 miNW
Island
Fort Wool
42 min walk • Fort Wool is a decommissioned island fortification located in the mouth of Hampton Roads, adjacent to the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel.