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Local & General Info
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Location:
- Discounts available for VIP, AAA, AARP, Corporate, Truckers and Military
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Areas Served:
Hampton, Ivor, Newport News, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Rushmere, Smithfield, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Windsor, Chesapeake, Norfolk, Tidewater, Virginia, USA
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Area Airports:
Norfolk Airport; Hampton Roads Airport
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Directions from Interstate 64:
From Interstate 64 East to Interstate 664 North, exit 9B route 17 South. One mile on left.
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Directions from From North:
Interstate 664 South. Exit 8B College Drive to Route 17. Left onto Route 17, 1 mile down on left.
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Directions from From South:
Interstate 664 North. Exit 9B-Route 17, 1 mile on left.
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US Coast Guard Support Center:
400 Coast Guard Blvd.
Portsmouth, VA 23703
757-483-8540
Open 24 hours, 7 days a week
Travel time 15 minutes.
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Courthhouse Galleries of the Portsmouth Museum:
420 High Street
Portsmouth, VA 23704
757-393-8543
Tues. - Sat. 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sunday 1:00PM - 5:00PM
Closed New Years, Thanksgiving and Christmas
Admission Fee: $1.00 under 2 free.
Restored 1846 Courthouse Modern Cultural and changing exhibits. Contemporary works from International and Regional Artists.
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Children's Museum of Virginia:
221 High Street
Portsmouth, VA 23704
757-393-8393 or 1-800-767-8782
Tues. - Sat. 10:00AM - 5:00PM
Sunday 1:00PM - 5:00PM
Closed New Years Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas
Admission: $5.00 under 2 free
More than 65 hands on displays, changing Planetarium shows,
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Portsmouth Lightship Museum:
Foot of High Street
Portsmouth, VA
757-393-8741
Tues. - Sat. 10:00AM - 5:00PM
Sunday 1:00PM - 5:00PM
Closed on New Years Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Former Coast Guard Lightship Exhibits include artifacts relating to coast guard service.
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Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum:
Foot of High Street on the Elizabeth River
Portsmouth, VA 23704
757-393-8591
Tues. - Sat. 10:00AM - 5:00PM
Sunday 1:00PM - 5:00PM
Closed on New Years Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Admission: $1.00
Traces the history of the US Navy with emphasis on the Portsmouth - Norfolk area's role.
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Virginia Sports Hall of Fame:
420 High Street
Portsmouth, VA 23704
757-393-8031
Tues. - Sat. 10:00AM - 5:00PM
Sunday 1:00PM - 5:00PM
Free admission
Collections of photographs plaques, personal equipment and biographical sketches of noted Virginia athletes.
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Great Dismal Swamp:
3216 Desert Road
Suffolk, VA 23434
252-771-8333 or 888-872-8562
Open daily-dawn to dusk
Part of the Intracoastal Waterway, hiking, bicycling on trails. Picnic facilities and viewing areas of wildlife refuge.
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Joint Analysis Training & Simulation Center:
116 Lakeview Parkway
Suffolk, VA 23435
757-686-7259
Travel time 10 minutes.
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Norfolk Naval Base:
Hampton and Admiral Taussig Blvd.
Norfolk, VA 23511
757-444-0000
24 hours 7 days
World's largest Naval Base. Bus and ship tours available seasonally.
Travel time - 30 minutes.
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Langley Airforce Base:
Lasalle Avenue
Hampton, VA 23665
757-764-1110
travel time - 3- minutes.
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