Big Bethel Recreation Area

Big Bethel Recreation Area is a park in Hampton, Virginia. Big Bethel Recreation Area is situated nearby to the village Bethel Manor, as well as near the neighborhood Beech Lake Estates.

Places of Interest

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 2½ miles east of Big Bethel Recreation Area.

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 2½ miles east of Big Bethel Recreation Area.

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 Big Bethel Recreation Area.

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 Big Bethel Recreation Area.

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 2½ miles northwest of Big Bethel Recreation Area.

Big Bethel Recreation Area

Type: Park
Description: park in the United States of America
Category: recreation area
Location: Hampton, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.09333° or 37° 5′ 36″ north

Longitude

-76.43° or 76° 25′ 48″ west

Elevation

26 feet (8 metres)

Open location code

87953HV9+8X

OpenStreetMap ID

node 356605334

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

6347838

Wikidata ID

Q49474696

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Cebuano: “Big Bethel Recreation Area”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Big Bethel and Beech Lake Estates.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bethel Park and Upper Big Bethel Dam.

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