Cape Charles

Cape Charles is a town in , at the southern tip of the Delmarva peninsula. It used to be the terminus of the eastern shore railway and still has an operating rail-to-barge ferry terminal with freight service to .
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  • Type: Town with 1,180 residents
  • Description: town in Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: Accomack”, “Cape Charles, VA”, and “Cape Charles, Virginia
  • Postal code: 23310

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cape Charles Museum and Welcome Center and Palace Theatre.

Museum
The is located at 814 Randolph Avenue, Cape Charles, , . The museum contains exhibits detailing the history and development of Cape Charles and the surrounding region.

Theater building
Photo: Packer1028, CC0.
The is a historic located at 305 Mason Avenue, Cape Charles, Virginia, United States. It currently functions as a performing arts venue.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fairview.

Neighborhood
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is situated 2½ miles east of Cape Charles.

Cape Charles

Latitude
37.2672° or 37° 16′ 2″ north
Longitude
-76.0177° or 76° 1′ 4″ west
Population
1,180
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
United Nations Location Code
US CCJ
Open location code
87957X8J+VW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158582930
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4750892
Wiki­data ID
Q1376790
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Cape Charles” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: كاب تشارليس
  • Basque: Cape Charles
  • Catalan: Cape Charles
  • Cebuano: Cape Charles
  • Chechen: Кейп-Чарлз
  • Chinese: Cape Charles
  • Chinese: 开普查尔斯
  • Chinese: 查尔斯角
  • Chinese: 查爾斯角
  • Chinese: 開普查爾斯
  • Dutch: Cape Charles
  • Egyptian Arabic: كاب تشارليس
  • French: Cape Charles
  • German: Cape Charles
  • Gilaki: کیپ چارلز (ويرجينيا)
  • Gilaki: کیپ چارلز
  • Haitian: Cape Charles, Vijini
  • Haitian: Cape Charles
  • Hungarian: Cape Charles
  • Italian: Cape Charles
  • Ladin: Cape Charles
  • Min Nan Chinese: Cape Charles
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Cape Charles
  • Norwegian: Cape Charles
  • Polish: Cape Charles
  • Portuguese: Cape Charles
  • Russian: Кейп-Чарльз (Виргиния)
  • Russian: Кейп-Чарльз
  • Serbian: Кејп Чарлс
  • Serbo-Croatian: Cape Charles, Virginia
  • Serbo-Croatian: Cape Charles
  • Slovak: Charlesov mys
  • Spanish: Cape Charles
  • Tatar: Кейп-Чарлз
  • Ukrainian: Кейп-Чарлз
  • Uzbek: Cape Charles
  • Uzbek: Cапе Чарлес
  • Volapük: Cape Charles
  • Welsh: Cape Charles, Virginia
  • Welsh: Cape Charles

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Cape Charles”. Photo: Dadadata, Public domain.