Isle of Wight Museum Travel Information (Smithfield, VA)

Chippokes Plantation State Park Campground Shortly after turning into the park's main entrance, you'll see a sign for the campground on the right just across the park road from the swimming pool. The 32-site campground at this 1,683-acre sett... Surry, VA

Coastal Virginia It was to Virginia’s shores that the first New World adventurers were lured. The area still beckons the curious and the fun-loving. There are miles of sandy beaches, plus museums that provide off-the-... Newport News, VA

Newport News Located along the James River near Virginia Beach, Norfolk, and Williamsburg, Newport News is home to the world’s largest privately owned shipyard and Virginia’s second largest employer, the Newport N... Newport News, VA

Newport News, VA Located between Colonial Williamsburg and Norfolk-Virginia Beach, Newport News stretches some 25 miles along the mighty James River. It is the home of the Newport News Shipbuilding, one of the world’s... Newport News, VA

Northumberland County around Newport News, Virginia According to the Northern Neck Visitor Information bureau, Reedville is a small town of 400, with “no restaurants, bars, alcohol, traffic lights, or police,” but they do have a “post office the size o... Newport News, VA

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Smithfield Cruise (Distance: 0.7 mi) Smithfield, also known as the “ham capital of the world,” is the base for this flat cruise around Isle of Wight County. The cruise winds through Virginia’s Southside, the region south of the James Riv...

Smithfield, VA - Road Biking - length:40 mi

Carrollton Nike Park (Distance: 3.3 mi) This ride's general location is near the town of Smithfield just north of the James River Bridge. Scenery includes an attractive background of hardwoods surrounding a pond. This is an excellent intr...

Smithfield, VA - Mountain Biking - length:2.5 mi

Carrollton-Nike Park (Distance: 3.3 mi) Like a lot of regional parks, Carrollton - Nike is loaded with playing fields, baseball diamonds, jungle gyms, and lots of people (at least on nice weekends). Unique to this park, however, is its len...

Smithfield, VA - Mountain Biking - length:2.5 mi

Mariners’ Museum Park Trails (Distance: 8.9 mi) The Maury Trail encircles its namesake lake on the grounds of the Mariners’ Museum Park. Fittingly located in Newport News, America’s shipbuilding capital, the museum explores maritime history, from t...

Newport News, VA - Hiking - length:5.1 mi

Chippokes Plantation State Park Trails (Distance: 13.3 mi) The pastoral environs of Chippokes Plantation State Park are positively evocative. It’s easy to imagine Native Americans paddling a canoe through the lush wetlands where Chippokes Creek meets the Jame...

Bacons Castle, VA - Hiking - length:5 mi

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Cypress Creek Cypress Creek Golfers' Club Public, 18 holes 7169 yards, par 71 1.3 miles from center of Isle of Wight Museum

James River James River Country Club Private Equity, 18 holes 7022 yards, par 72 8.3 miles from center of Isle of Wight Museum

Cedar Point Cedar Point Country Club Private Equity, 18 holes 6838 yards, par 72 8.8 miles from center of Isle of Wight Museum

Par 3 Cedar Point Country Club Private Equity, 9 holes 0 yards, par 0 8.8 miles from center of Isle of Wight Museum

Sleepy Hole Sleepy Hole Municipal, 18 holes 6853 yards, par 72 11.3 miles from center of Isle of Wight Museum

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