Entrance Reach
Entrance Reach is a channel in Hampton, Virginia. Entrance Reach is situated nearby to the neighborhood Willoughby Beach, as well as near the suburb Phoebus.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Monroe and Old Point Light.
Fort Monroe
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 north of Entrance Reach.
Old Point Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Phoebus and Kecoughtan.
Phoebus
Suburb
Photo: Kubigula, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 2½ miles north of Entrance Reach.
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. Kecoughtan is situated 2½ miles northwest of Entrance Reach.
Wythe
Suburb
Wythe is a neighborhood in Hampton, Virginia, along the water's edge of Hampton Roads, at the end of Virginia's Lower Peninsula. It is named after one of the signers of the United States Declaration of Independence, George Wythe. Wythe is situated 3½ miles northwest of Entrance Reach.
Entrance Reach
- Type: Channel
- Category: body of water
- Location: Hampton, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.98265° or 36° 58′ 58″ northLongitude
-76.31744° or 76° 19′ 3″ westOpen location code
8785XMMM+32GeoNames ID
4757755
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