Location

Interesting Location Facts

  • 218-square mile county strategically located in the northeastern portion of Virginia’s Hampton Roads; the largest metropolitan area between DC and Atlanta with over 1.6 million residents.
  • Bound by nearly 500 miles of shoreline for exceptional watersports and recreational activities.
  • Located within the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
  • The Port of Hampton Roads is 45 miles south.
  • Richmond, the state capital, is 59 miles west and Washington, D.C. is 153 miles north.
  • Within 750 miles of two-thirds of the U. S population and industrial activity.
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