River Street Park
River Street Park is a park in Hampton, Virginia. River Street Park is situated nearby to the town hall Hampton City Hall, as well as near East Hampton United Methodist Church.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hampton National Guard Armory and Virginia Air and Space Science Center.
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 1,900 feet west of River Street 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 3,300 feet southwest of River Street Park.
Hampton Roads Transit
Bus station
Hampton Roads Transit is the regional public transit provider for Virginia's Hampton Roads metropolitan area, including the cities of Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Hampton, Newport News, Williamsburg, and the town of Smithfield. Hampton Roads Transit is situated 2,200 feet west of River Street Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kecoughtan and Phoebus.
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.
Phoebus
Suburb
Photo: Kubigula, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Phoebus is a formerly incorporated town now part of the present-day city of Hampton, Virginia, on the Virginia Peninsula. In 1900, it was named in honor of local businessman Harrison Phoebus, who is credited with convincing the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to extend its tracks to the town from Newport News.
Fort Monroe
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fort Monroe is a former military installation in Hampton, Virginia, at Old Point Comfort, the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula, United States. It is currently managed by partnership between the Fort Monroe Authority for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the National Park Service, and the city of Hampton as the Fort Monroe National Monument. Fort Monroe is situated 2½ miles southeast of River Street Park.
River Street Park
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Hampton, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.03205° or 37° 1′ 55″ northLongitude
-76.33888° or 76° 20′ 20″ westOpen location code
87952MJ6+RCOpenStreetMap ID
way 621634515OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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