Armstrong Field

Armstrong Field is a park in Hampton, Virginia. Armstrong Field is situated nearby to the suburb Phoebus, as well as near the neighborhood Kecoughtan.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hampton Convocation Center and Hampton National Cemetery.

Hampton Convocation Center

Stadium

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Hampton Convocation Center is a 7,200-seat multi-purpose arena in Hampton, Virginia. It was built in 1993 and is home to the Hampton University Pirates basketball team.

Hampton National Cemetery

Cemetery

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Hampton National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in the city of Hampton, Virginia. It encompasses 27.1 acres, and as of 2014, had over 30,000 interments.

Hampton University Museum

Museum

Founded in 1868 on the campus of Hampton University, the Hampton University Museum is the oldest African-American museum in the United States and the oldest museum in Virginia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Phoebus and Kecoughtan.

Phoebus is a formerly incorporated town now part of the present-day city of Hampton, Virginia, on the Virginia Peninsula. In 1900, it was named in honor of local businessman Harrison Phoebus, who is credited with convincing the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to extend its tracks to the town from Newport News.

Kecoughtan

Neighborhood

In the seventeenth century, Kecoughtan was the name of the settlement now known as Hampton, Virginia. In the early twentieth century, it was also the name of a town nearby in Elizabeth City County. It was annexed into the City of Newport News in 1927.

Fort Monroe

Quarter

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Fort Monroe is a former military installation in Hampton, Virginia, at Old Point Comfort, the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula, United States. It is currently managed by partnership between the Fort Monroe Authority for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the National Park Service, and the city of Hampton as the Fort Monroe National Monument. Fort Monroe is situated 1½ miles southeast of Armstrong Field.

Armstrong Field

Type: Park
Location: Hampton, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.02042° or 37° 1′ 14″ north

Longitude

-76.33355° or 76° 20′ 1″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

87952MC8+5H

GeoNames ID

4744770

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