Colonial National Historical Park, Newport News

Name: Colonial National Historical Park
Address: Newport News, United States

#5 among attractions in Newport News

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Colonial National Historical Park is located in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia and is operated by the National Park Service of the United States government. The park protects and interprets several sites relating to the Colony of Virginia and the history of the United States more broadly, ranging from the site of the first landing of the English settlers who would settle at Jamestown, to the battlefields of Yorktown where the British Army was finally defeated in the American Revolutionary War. Over 3 million people visit the park each year. ()

Alternative names: Visitors per year: 3.34 mil.Coordinates: 37°13'45"N, 76°30'14"W

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Colonial National Historical Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Watermen's Museum, George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge, Thomas Nelson House, Grace Church.

0.8 miNW
Museum, Military museum, Specialty museum
Watermen's Museum, Yorktown
21 min walk • The Watermen's Museum is a museum in Yorktown, Virginia. It documents the history of Chesapeake Bay 'watermen', from pre-colonial to modern times. The Museum is located on Water Street and open to the public from April to December.
0.8 miN
Bridge
George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge, Yorktown
21 min walk • The George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge is a double swing bridge that spans the York River between Yorktown and Gloucester Point, in the United States state of Virginia. It connects the Peninsula and Middle Peninsula regions of Tidewater, Virginia.
0.4 miNW
Museum, History museum, Georgian architecture
Thomas Nelson House, Yorktown
11 min walk • Thomas Nelson House is an historic Colonial home in Yorktown, Virginia. It was built around 1730 and held by generations of the Nelson family through the Revolutionary War. After years in private ownership, it was designated as a National Historic Landmark and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.
0.5 miNW
Sacred and religious sites, Church, Greek Revival architecture
Grace Church, Yorktown
13 min walk • Grace Church is a historic Episcopal church and cemetery at Route 1003 and Main Street in Yorktown, Virginia. It was built in 1697 and later updated with a Greek Revival style. Thomas Nelson, Jr. a signer of the Declaration of Independence and other pre-Revolution Founding Fathers attended the church.
0.4 miNW
Museum, History museum
Old Custom House, Yorktown
11 min walk • The Old Custom House is a historic customs house located at Yorktown, York County, Virginia. It was built in 1721, and is a 2 1/2-story brick Colonial building with a hipped roof. It has a corbeled brick interior end chimney. An extensive restoration project was undertaken by Richmond architect W. Duncan Lee in 1929.
0.7 miN
37°14'18"N • 76°30'28"W
Riverwalk Landing, Yorktown
17 min walk • Park, Shopping
0.4 miNW
Archaeological site
Sessions-Pope-Sheild House, Yorktown
10 min walk • The Sessions–Pope–Sheild House, also known as Sessions House or Sheild House, is a historic home located at Yorktown, York County, Virginia. It was built in 1691, and is a 1 1/2-story, five bay by two bay, brick Southern Colonial dwelling. It has a clipped gable roof with dormers. It has two "T"-shaped end chimney.
1.1 miSE
Museum, History museum
Moore House, Fort Eustis
29 min walk • The Moore House is a historic building located within Colonial National Historical Park, in York County, Virginia. During the American Revolutionary War, it was the site of negotiations for British General Charles Cornwallis's surrender at the Siege of Yorktown.
0.4 miNW
37°14'3"N • 76°30'30"W
York County Historical Museum, Yorktown
11 min walk • Museum, History museum

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Which popular attractions are close to Colonial National Historical Park?

Nearby attractions include Sessions-Pope-Sheild House, Yorktown (10 min walk), Thomas Nelson House, Yorktown (11 min walk), Old Custom House, Yorktown (11 min walk), York County Historical Museum, Yorktown (11 min walk).