Sewell's Point, Norfolk

#86 among attractions in Norfolk

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Sewells Point is a peninsula of land in the independent city of Norfolk, Virginia in the United States, located at the mouth of the salt-water port of Hampton Roads. Sewells Point is bordered by water on three sides, with Willoughby Bay to the north, Hampton Roads to the west, and the Lafayette River to the south. It is the site of Naval Station Norfolk. ()

Coordinates: 36°57'18"N, 76°19'37"W

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Sewell's Point – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

4.2 miE
Amusement, Amusement park
Ocean View Amusement Park, Norfolk
108 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.
3.4 miN
History museum, Forts and castles
Fort Monroe, Hampton
87 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.
3.5 miN
37°0'18"N • 76°18'52"W
Old Point Comfort Marina, Hampton
90 min walk • Sailing, Marina
3.4 miN
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Old Point Comfort Light, Hampton
88 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.
0.7 miSE
Synagogue
Commodore Levy Chapel, Norfolk
19 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.
3.6 miW
Lighthouse
Newport News Middle Ground Light, Newport News
93 min walk • 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.
3.5 miN
Church
Chapel of the Centurion, Hampton
89 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.
4.3 miE
36°56'46"N • 76°15'1"W
Ocean View Golf Course, Norfolk
110 min walk • Golf
3.4 miN
Forts and castles
Fort Algernon, Hampton
86 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.
3.2 miS
36°54'37"N • 76°18'47"W
Hermitage Foundation Museum, Norfolk
81 min walk • Museum, History museum
2.4 miNE
Island
Fort Wool
63 min walk • Fort Wool is a decommissioned island fortification located in the mouth of Hampton Roads, adjacent to the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel.