About Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach is an independent city located on the southeastern coast of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The population was 459,470 as of the 2020 census. Although mostly suburban in character, it is the most populous city in Virginia, fifth-most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, ninth-most populous city in the Southeast and the 42nd-most populous city in the U.S. Located on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Beach is the largest city in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. This area, known as "America's First Region", also includes the independent cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Suffolk, as well as other smaller cities, counties, and towns of Hampton Roads.Virginia Beach is a resort city with miles of beaches and hundreds of hotels, motels, and restaurants along its oceanfront. Every year the city hosts the East Coast Surfing Championships as well as the North American Sand Soccer Championship, a beach soccer tournament. It is also home to several state parks, several long-protected beach areas, military bases, a number of large corporations, Virginia Wesleyan University and Regent University, the international headquarters and site of the television broadcast studios for Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), Edgar Cayce's Association for Research and Enlightenment, and numerous historic sites. Near the point where the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean meet, Cape Henry was the site of the first landing of the English colonists, who eventually settled in Jamestown, on April 26, 1607. The city is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as having the longest pleasure beach in the world. It is located at the southern end of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, which was the world's longest bridge-tunnel complex until the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge opened in 2018. == History == The Chesepian were the historic indigenous people of the area now known as Tidewater in Virginia at the time of European encounter.

Things To Do in Virginia Beach

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Atlantic Fun Park

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4.6 (147)

Virginia Beach Surf & Rescue Museum

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4.7 (7047)

Mount Trashmore Park

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4.5 (118)

Atlantic Wildfowl Heritage Museum

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4.7 (5680)

First Landing State Park

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4.4 (12284)

Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center

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4.7 (1123)

Grommet Island Park

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4.8 (357)

False Cape State Park

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4.7 (954)

Neptune's Park

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4.8 (1417)

Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge

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4.6 (147)

Ferry Plantation House

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4.8 (2351)

Military Aviation Museum

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4.4 (1564)

Cape Henry Lighthouse

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4.5 (685)

Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art

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4.7 (1134)

Naval Aviation Monument Park

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4.7 (1708)

Little Island Park

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4.7 (458)

Virginia Beach Boardwalk

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4.4 (4232)

Virginia Beach Fishing Pier

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4.9 (320)

Navy SEAL Monument

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4.5 (157)

The Thoroughgood House