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Portsmouth WaterFront

Portsmouth, Virginia, USA

Portsmouth WaterFront

Length4.5 mi
Elev. Gain114.8 ft
Est. Steps10000
Created by LadyA
Introduction
Portsmouth WaterFront is a 4.5 mile (10,000-step) route located near Portsmouth, Virginia, USA. This route has an elevation gain of about 114.8 ft and is rated as easy. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.

Confederate Monument (Portsmouth, Virginia)

Historical
The Confederate Monument in Portsmouth, Virginia, was built between 1876 and 1881. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1997.The monument is a 35-foot obelisk of North Carolina granite. It is located at the town square of Portsmouth, on Court Street at the corner of High Street.

Children's Museum of Virginia

Tourist Attraction
The Children's Museum of Virginia is the largest children's museum in the state of Virginia. It is located in the heart of Olde Town Portsmouth at 221 High Street. The Children's Museum of Virginia highlights:Life size tug boat for children to play withBubble play areaLife size houseLancaster train area for the little ones to play with trainsAn exhibit that allows children to learn how food goes from farm to house

United States lightship Portsmouth (LV-101)

Tourist Attraction
United States Lightship 101, known as Portsmouth, was first stationed at Cape Charles, Virginia. Today she is at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum in Portsmouth, Virginia. Portsmouth never had a lightship station; however, when the vessel was dry docked there as a museum, she took on the pseudonym Portsmouth.

Cedar Grove Cemetery (Portsmouth, Virginia)

Place
Cedar Grove Cemetery is a historic public cemetery located at Portsmouth, Virginia. It was established by an act of the Virginia General Assembly in 1832. The cemetery contains more than 400 graves with monuments dating from the late 1700s to the present. Its memorial markers include small tablets, ledgerstones, obelisks, columnar monuments and mausoleums.

Commodore Theatre

Building
Commodore Theatre is a historic movie theater located at Portsmouth, Virginia. It was built in 1945, and is an Art Deco style, 1,000-seat theater building. The two-story front facade features a plain mass of yellow pressed brick decorated with horizontal stripes of brown brick on the upper level with a central pavilion of curved-top vertical pylons of Indiana limestone and decorative strips of glass block.

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum

Place
The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum and the associated Lightship Museum are located on the downtown Portsmouth, Virginia, United States waterfront. The museum covers the 250+ year relationship with the shipyard - America's oldest and largest naval shipyard located on the Portsmouth Waterfront. The city and the shipyard have been intertwined since the founding of the Gosport Shipyard in 1767, which was later renamed Norfolk Navy Yard and finally Norfolk Naval Shipyard.

Seaboard Coastline Building

Place
Seaboard Coastline Building, also known as Old City Hall, is a historic train station located at Portsmouth, Virginia. The original section was built in 1894-1895 by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. It is a five-story brick and concrete structure, with the top two floors added in 1914. The front facade features a distinctive half-round or semicylindrical profile intended to recall the imagery of the streamlined locomotives of the late-19th century.

Union Bank & Trust Pavilion

Place
The Atlantic Union Bank Pavilion (originally the nTelos Pavilion) is an outdoor amphitheater in Portsmouth, Virginia, United States.The venue produces and presents a broad spectrum of concerts and events connects audiences to the inspirational power of music and helps new generations of listeners discover the wonder of music and live performance.

Portsmouth Olde Towne Historic District

Place
Portsmouth Olde Towne Historic District, is a national historic district located at Portsmouth, Virginia. It encompasses 89 buildings. It is located in the primarily residential section of Portsmouth and includes a notable collection of Federal and Greek Revival style townhouses, known as "basement houses." Other notable buildings include the Watts House (1799), Grice-Neeley House (circa 1820), Ball-Nivison House (1752), Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church (1857), St.

Trinity Episcopal Church (Portsmouth, Virginia)

Building
Trinity Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located in Portsmouth, Virginia. It was built between 1828 and 1830, and is a stuccoed brick building. It has an attached bell tower. Also on the property is the contributing parish house, built in 1887. During the American Civil War, the church was used as a hospital.
Route Details

Length

4.5 mi

Elev. Gain

114.8 ft

Est. Steps

10000
Created by
LadyA
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