Eastern Shore
The Eastern Shore region is Virginia's part of the Delmarva Peninsula, which is shared with Delaware and Maryland's Eastern Shore. It is a long narrow peninsula within the larger Delmarva Peninsula, extending south from the Maryland part, connected to the rest of Virginia only by a bridge at the south end.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Chincoteague and Cape Charles.
Chincoteague
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Chincoteague is an island and small town off the Eastern Shore of Virginia, near the state border with Maryland.
Cape Charles
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Cape Charles is a town in Eastern Virginia, 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 Norfolk.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Painter and Mappsburg.
Painter
Village
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Painter is a town in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. The population was recorded at 229 at the 2010 census.
Mappsburg
Hamlet
Mappsburg is a census-designated place in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 51.
Cats Bridge
Hamlet
Cats Bridge is a census-designated place in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 184.
Eastern Shore
- Type: region
- Description: region of Accomack and Northampton counties, Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Eastern Shore of Virginia”
- Category: peninsula
- Location: Eastern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.5812° or 37° 34′ 52″ northLongitude
-75.7875° or 75° 47′ 15″ westOpen location code
8796H6J7+F2Wikidata ID
Q32286
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Western Frisian—“Eastern Shore” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “維吉尼亞州東岸”
- Chinese: “美国，弗吉尼亚州阿科马克和北安普敦县的地区”
- French: “Eastern Shore de Virginie”
- Latin: “Litus Orientale Virginiae”
- Slovenian: “Eastern Shore of Virginia”
- Slovenian: “Eastern Shore”
- Slovenian: “Vzhodna obala Virginije”
- Spanish: “Costa este de Virginia”
- Western Frisian: “Eastkust fan Firginia”
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