Lake Hampton

Lake Hampton is a lake in Hampton, Virginia. Lake Hampton is situated nearby to the neighborhood Windsor Terrace, as well as near the locality Chapel Village.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Air Power Park and Bluebird Gap Farm.

Air Power Park

Park

Photo: William Grimes, Public domain.

The Air Power Park is an outdoor, roadside museum in Hampton, Virginia which recognizes Hampton's role in America's early space exploration and aircraft testing.

Bluebird Gap Farm is a public city park and petting zoo located in Hampton, Virginia, at 60 Pine Chapel Road. It is designed to resemble a working farm, and features farm animals and fowl of all types, and wild animals native to Virginia.

Hampton Coliseum

Event venue

Photo: Mobilus In Mobili, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hampton Coliseum is a multi-purpose arena in Hampton, Virginia. Construction began on May 24, 1968. The venue held its first event on December 1, 1969, with the nearby College of William & Mary playing North Carolina State University in a college men's basketball game.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aberdeen Gardens and Kecoughtan.

Aberdeen Gardens

Neighborhood

Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Aberdeen Gardens is a national historic district located at Hampton, Virginia, United States. The district was part of a planned community initiated by Hampton University under New Deal legislation. Aberdeen Gardens is situated 1½ miles west of Lake Hampton.

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 2 miles southeast of Lake Hampton.

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 2½ miles south of Lake Hampton.

Lake Hampton

Type: Lake
Category: body of water
Location: Hampton, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.03521° or 37° 2′ 7″ north

Longitude

-76.36987° or 76° 22′ 12″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

87952JPJ+33

GeoNames ID

4762930

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