Langley Research Center

Langley Research Center is a reserve in Hampton, Virginia. Langley Research Center is situated nearby to the locality Drummonds Corner, as well as near the neighborhood Cedar Landing 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.

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.

Poquoson High School

School building

Poquoson High School is a public secondary school, located in Poquoson, Virginia and serves as the sole public secondary school for students in the city. Poquoson High School is situated 2 miles north of Langley Research Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Poquoson and Bethel Manor.

Poquoson

Town

Photo: Chrisfortier, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Poquoson, informally known as Bull Island, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,460. Poquoson is situated 2 miles north of Langley Research Center.

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. Bethel Manor is situated 2½ miles west of Langley Research Center.

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 4½ miles northwest of Langley Research Center.

Langley Research Center

Type: Reserve
Location: Hampton, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.09672° or 37° 5′ 48″ north

Longitude

-76.38312° or 76° 22′ 59″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Open location code

87953JW8+MQ

GeoNames ID

11384358

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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