Willoughby Spit

Willoughby Spit is a peninsula of land in the independent city of Norfolk, Virginia in the United States. It is bordered by water on three sides: the Chesapeake Bay to the north, the James River to the west, and Willoughby Bay to the south.

Type: Cape
Description: peninsula of land in the independent city of Norfolk, Virginia
Also known as: “Willoughby’s Spit”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ocean View and Fort Monroe.

Ocean View

Suburb

Ocean View is a bayfront beach region in the independent city of Norfolk, Virginia in the United States. It has several miles of shoreline on the southern end of the Chesapeake Bay, starting at the Willoughby Spit to the west and ending at the Little Creek… Ocean View is situated 2 miles southeast of Willoughby Spit.

Fort Monroe

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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 3 miles northwest of Willoughby Spit.

Phoebus

Suburb

Photo: Kubigula, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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 4 miles northwest of Willoughby Spit.

Willoughby Spit

Categories: landform and neighborhood
Location: Norfolk, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.96703° or 36° 58′ 1″ north

Longitude

-76.28039° or 76° 16′ 49″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

8785XP89+RR

GeoNames ID

4793954

Wikidata ID

Q8022234

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Italian—“Willoughby Spit” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Willoughby Spit”
French: “Willoughby Spit”
Italian: “Willoughby Spit”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Willoughby Beach and Willoughby Terrace.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Captains Quarters Nature Center and Park and Willoughby Harbor Marina.

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