Upper Big Bethel Dam

Upper Big Bethel Dam is a dam in York County, Virginia. Upper Big Bethel Dam is situated nearby to the village Bethel Manor, as well as near the quarter City Center at Oyster Point.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Langley Speedway and Lunar Landing Research Facility.

Langley Speedway

Sports venue

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Langley Speedway is a race track located in Hampton, Virginia, United States. Langley Speedway is a paved short track measuring 0.400 mi in length. It is one of the flattest tracks in the region with only six degrees of banking in the corners and two degrees of banking on the straights. Langley Speedway is situated 2 miles east of Upper Big Bethel Dam.

Lunar Landing Research Facility

Photo: NASA, Public domain.

The Lunar Landing Research Facility was an area at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia that was used to simulate Apollo Moon landings with a mock Lunar Module powered by a small rocket motor suspended from a crane over a simulated lunar landscape. Lunar Landing Research Facility is situated 2 miles east of Upper Big Bethel Dam.

Tabb High School

School building

Tabb High School is a public high school located in Tabb, an unincorporated community in southern York County, Virginia, United States. It is part of the York County School Division. Tabb High School is situated 2 miles north of Upper Big Bethel Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bethel Manor and City Center at Oyster Point.

Bethel Manor

Village

Bethel Manor is a census-designated place in York County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bethel Manor had a population of 4,540. Bethel Manor is a Military Family Community for Joint Base Langley-Eustis.

City Center at Oyster Point

Quarter

Photo: Durrock, CC BY-SA 3.0.

City Center at Oyster Point is a business district in the Oyster Point section of Newport News, Virginia. It is a 52-acre of retail shops and restaurants and 1,000,000 sq ft. of retail space consisting of restaurants, specialty stores, cafes, a gourmet market… City Center at Oyster Point is situated 2½ miles west of Upper Big Bethel Dam.

Tabb

Suburb

Tabb is an unincorporated community in York County, Virginia, United States, on the Virginia Peninsula. Major roads include U.S. Route 17 and State Route 134. Tabb is situated 3 miles northwest of Upper Big Bethel Dam.

Upper Big Bethel Dam

Type: Dam
Description: dam in York County, Virginia, United States of America
Location: York County, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.0924° or 37° 5′ 33″ north

Longitude

-76.42543° or 76° 25′ 32″ west

Elevation

13 feet (4 metres)

Open location code

87953HRF+XR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 943153166

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=dam

GeoNames ID

4790795

Wikidata ID

Q49002344

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Cebuano: “Upper Big Bethel Dam”

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