Hampton Roads

Hampton Roads is a region that encompasses the Norfolk-Virginia Beach metropolitan area in southeastern Virginia surrounding a body of water with the same name. It is home to two important living history museum: Colonial Williamsburg and the Jamestown Settlement. The region has many beaches, waterways, and hiking and biking trails.

Cities
Virginia law sharply distinguishes between cities and towns. Municipalities incorporated as "cities" are completely separate from counties; "towns" are located within counties. All of the locations listed below are in fact cities except for the towns of Carrollton, Gloucester Courthouse and Smithfield.


 * — a bedroom community for Norfolk
 * , known for Smithfield Ham
 * , the largest city of Virginia and Hampton Roads, known for its beaches
 * , the home of Colonial Williamsburg (a living history museum), one of America's oldest colleges, and a Busch Gardens
 * , known for Smithfield Ham
 * , the largest city of Virginia and Hampton Roads, known for its beaches
 * , the home of Colonial Williamsburg (a living history museum), one of America's oldest colleges, and a Busch Gardens
 * , known for Smithfield Ham
 * , the largest city of Virginia and Hampton Roads, known for its beaches
 * , the home of Colonial Williamsburg (a living history museum), one of America's oldest colleges, and a Busch Gardens
 * , the home of Colonial Williamsburg (a living history museum), one of America's oldest colleges, and a Busch Gardens

Understand
Hampton Roads has an important role in the early history of the United States, from the first English settlements in the New World in the 17th century, to the battlegrounds of the American War of Independence, and the American Civil War. See From Plymouth to Hampton Roads and From St. Augustine to Hampton Roads for a historical approach to the region.

In 2020, it had about 1.8 million inhabitants. It comprises the counties of Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Mathews, and York, plus the cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, and Williamsburg. The US federal government also includes Currituck County, North Carolina in its definition of the metropolitan area.
 * Visit Coastal Virginia tourism website

By plane
Hampton Roads is served by Norfolk International Airport in Norfolk and Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport  in Newport News.

By train
Amtrak has stations in Williamsburg, Norfolk, and Newport News.

By bus
Greyhound stops in Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Newport News, Hampton, Suffolk, and Williamsburg. Megabus stops in Hampton.

See
Colonial Williamsburg is a living history museum in the historic district of the town of Williamsburg that recreates Virginia's 18th-century capital as it appeared preceding and during the American Revolution

The Jamestown Settlement is another living history museum in the Williamsburg area.

Do
Busch Gardens Williamsburg is among the most beautiful amusement parks in the country.