The Virginia Peninsula is a region in Eastern Virginia, surrounded by the York River, the James River, Hampton Roads and Chesapeake Bay. It makes up the northern part of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area.
Counties and cities
- Charles City
- New Kent
- James City
- Williamsburg.
- York
- Newport News.
- Poquoson
- Hampton.
Other destinations
- Colonial Williamsburg.
- Busch Gardens Williamsburg — the amusement park, among the most beautiful in the country
- Yorktown. Famous as the site of the siege and subsequent surrender of General Charles Cornwallis, which ended the American Revolutionary War on October 19, 1781.
- Jamestown Settlement. A living history museum.
Understand
From Plymouth to Hampton Roads is a historical route from New England to the Virginia Peninsula.