Sewells Point Spit

Sewells Point Spit is a bar in Norfolk, Virginia. Sewells Point Spit is situated nearby to the neighborhood Willoughby Beach, as well as near the suburb Fort Monroe.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Monroe Lighthouse and Quarters 1.

Fort Monroe Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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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. Fort Monroe Lighthouse is situated 2 miles north of Sewells Point Spit.

Quarters 1

Historic building

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Quarters 1, also known as Building 1, is a historic officer's quarters located at Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia. The original section was built in 1819, and consists of a three-story, central block, double pile residence with flanking, two-story wings in the Federal style. Quarters 1 is situated 2½ miles north of Sewells Point Spit.

Casemate Museum

Museum

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Casemate Museum is situated 2 miles north of Sewells Point Spit.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Monroe and Phoebus.

Fort Monroe

Suburb

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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 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 2 miles north of Sewells Point Spit.

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 3 miles north of Sewells Point Spit.

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 3½ miles northwest of Sewells Point Spit.

Sewells Point Spit

Type: Bar
Categories: char and landform
Location: Norfolk, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.97237° or 36° 58′ 21″ north

Longitude

-76.318° or 76° 19′ 5″ west

Open location code

8785XMCJ+WR

GeoNames ID

4784953

Wikidata ID

Q49621482

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“Sewells Point Spit” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Sewells Point Spit”

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