Near Yorktown in York County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Naval Weapons Station
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, December 21, 2009
1. Naval Weapons Station Marker
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, World I • War, World II.
Location. 37° 15.241′ N, 76° 32.417′ W. Memorial is near Yorktown, Virginia, in York County. It can be reached from Colonial National Historic Parkway 0.6 miles east of Mason Row, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Yorktown VA 23691, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is on Virginia’s Peninsula, in Coastal Virginia, and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Tidewater. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: York River (approx. 0.4 miles away); Powhatan's Village (approx. 1.2 miles away); Indian Field Creek (approx. 1.3 miles away); Washington-Rochambeau Route (approx. 1.4 miles away); French Trench (approx. 1.4 miles away); a different marker also named French Trench (approx. 1.4 miles away); The Washington-Rochambeau Route to Victory (approx. 1.4 miles away); Fusiliers Redoubt (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Yorktown.
Also see . . . Colonial Parkway. Colonial National
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Photographed by Bernard Fisher, December 21, 2009
2. York River view (facing upriver)
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, December 21, 2009
3. York River view (facing downriver)
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, December 21, 2009
4. Naval Weapons Station Pier
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 26, 2021
5. Naval Weapons Station Marker (weathered)
Credits. This page was last revised on November 14, 2021. It was originally submitted on December 24, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,554 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 24, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. 5. submitted on March 2, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
