Skiffs Creek Dam
Skiffs Creek Dam is a dam in Newport News, Virginia. Skiffs Creek Dam is situated nearby to the quarter Lee Hall, as well as near the park Endview Plantation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Skiffes Creek Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lee Hall station and Endview Plantation.
Lee Hall station
Museum
Photo: Petraholden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lee Hall Depot is a historic train station and museum located in the Lee Hall neighborhood of Newport News, Virginia. It was built in about 1881, with a one-story cargo bay, and the two-story main section was added in 1893. Lee Hall station is situated 3,800 feet southeast of Skiffs Creek Dam.
Endview Plantation
Park
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Endview Plantation is an 18th-century plantation, including a park and historic home now operated by the independent city of Newport News, Virginia, located on Virginia State Route 238 in the Lee Hall community.
U.S. Army Transportation Museum
Museum
Photo: Mytwocents, Public domain.
The U.S. Army Transportation Museum is a United States Army museum of vehicles and other transportation-related equipment and memorabilia. It is located on the grounds of Fort Eustis, Virginia, in Newport News, on the Virginia Peninsula. U.S. Army Transportation Museum is situated 2½ miles south of Skiffs Creek Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lee Hall and Lackey.
Lee Hall
Quarter
Photo: William Grimes, Public domain.
Lee Hall is a community located in the extreme northern portion of the independent city of Newport News in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.
Lackey
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Lackey was a small unincorporated community near Yorktown in York County, Virginia, United States, established primarily after the Civil War. Lackey is now extinct as the properties were bought by the federal government in 1918 for use as a naval military installation. Lackey is situated 3 miles northeast of Skiffs Creek Dam.
Grove
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grove is an unincorporated community in the southeastern portion of James City County in the Virginia Peninsula subregion of Virginia, United States. It is located in the center of the Historic Triangle of Colonial Virginia, communities linked by the Colonial Parkway. Grove is situated 3 miles northwest of Skiffs Creek Dam.
Skiffs Creek Dam
- Location: Newport News, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.19858° or 37° 11′ 55″ northLongitude
-76.58462° or 76° 35′ 5″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
87955CX8+C5OpenStreetMap ID
way 668430652OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
“Skiffs Creek Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Skiffs Creek Dam”
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Explore places such as Windy Hill Mobile Home Park and Poplar Hall Plantation.
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