Buckroe Beach Amusement Park

Buckroe Beach Amusement Park is a park in Hampton, Virginia. Buckroe Beach Amusement Park is situated nearby to the hamlet Chesapeake Heights, as well as near Buckroe Gardens.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kecoughtan High School and American Theater.

Kecoughtan High School

School

Kecoughtan High School is a public high school located in Hampton, Virginia. The current grades offered are 9–12. Kecoughtan High School is one of four high schools located in the Hampton City Public School District. Kecoughtan High School is situated 2 miles northwest of Buckroe Beach Amusement Park.

American Theater

Building

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American Theater is a building, which is situated 2 miles southwest of Buckroe Beach Amusement Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buckroe Beach and Phoebus.

Buckroe Beach

Suburb

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Buckroe Beach is a neighborhood in the independent city of Hampton, Virginia. It lies just north of Fort Monroe on the Chesapeake Bay. One of the oldest recreational areas in the state, it was long located in the former Elizabeth City County near the downtown area of the lost town of Phoebus prior to their consolidation with Hampton in 1952.

Phoebus

Suburb

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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. Phoebus is situated 2 miles southwest of Buckroe Beach Amusement Park.

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 2½ miles southwest of Buckroe Beach Amusement Park.

Buckroe Beach Amusement Park

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

37.03959° or 37° 2′ 23″ north

Longitude

-76.29216° or 76° 17′ 32″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

87952PQ5+R4

GeoNames ID

4749693

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Localities in the Area

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