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 quarter Fort Monroe.Places of Interest
Highlights include Old Point Light and Quarters 1.
Old Point Light
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. Old Point Light 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
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 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 (River Island) and landform
- Location: Norfolk, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Sewells Point Spit” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sewells Point Spit”
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