Air Power Park
The Air Power Park is an outdoor, roadside museum in Hampton, Virginia which recognizes Hampton's role in America's early space exploration and aircraft testing.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: William Grimes, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hampton National Guard Armory and Bluebird Gap Farm.
Hampton National Guard Armory
Historic building
Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Hampton National Guard Armory is a history military facility at 504 North King Street in Hampton, Virginia. A large brick building with Moderne styling, it was built in 1936 with funding support from the New Deal-era Works Progress Administration, and is one of the few surviving armories built in the inter-war period in coastal Virginia. Hampton National Guard Armory is situated 1½ miles southeast of Air Power Park.
Bluebird Gap Farm
Park
Bluebird Gap Farm is a public city park and petting zoo located in Hampton, Virginia, at 60 Pine Chapel Road. It is designed to resemble a working farm, and features farm animals and fowl of all types, and wild animals native to Virginia. Bluebird Gap Farm is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Air Power Park.
Virginia Air and Space Science Center
Museum
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
The Virginia Air and Space Science Center is a museum and educational facility in Hampton, Virginia that also serves as the visitors center for NASA's Langley Research Center and Langley Air Force Base. Virginia Air and Space Science Center is situated 2 miles southeast of Air Power Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aberdeen Gardens and Kecoughtan.
Aberdeen Gardens
Neighborhood
Photo: KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aberdeen Gardens is a national historic district located at Hampton, Virginia, United States. The district was part of a planned community initiated by Hampton University under New Deal legislation. Aberdeen Gardens is situated 2 miles west of Air Power Park.
Kecoughtan
Neighborhood
In the seventeenth century, Kecoughtan was the name of the settlement now known as Hampton, Virginia. In the early twentieth century, it was also the name of a town nearby in Elizabeth City County. It was annexed into the City of Newport News in 1927. Kecoughtan is situated 2 miles southeast of Air Power Park.
Wythe
Suburb
Wythe is a neighborhood in Hampton, Virginia, along the water's edge of Hampton Roads, at the end of Virginia's Lower Peninsula. It is named after one of the signers of the United States Declaration of Independence, George Wythe. Wythe is situated 3 miles south of Air Power Park.
Air Power Park
- Type: Park
- Description: museum in Hampton, Virginia, USA
- Categories: museum and recreation area
- Location: Hampton, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.04272° or 37° 2′ 34″ northLongitude
-76.36602° or 76° 21′ 58″ westOpen location code
87952JVM+3HOpenStreetMap ID
way 226183262OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q4698154
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In Other Languages
“Air Power Park” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “航空戦力公園”
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Highlights include Air Power Park and Peninsula Golf Club.
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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 Wikipedia page “Air Power Park”. Photo: William Grimes, Public domain.