Area Attractions

Atlantic Beach Club/Haunted House & 3-D Mini Golf
2500 Atlantic Ave
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23451
(757) 422-1742

The Haunted Fun House and Beach Club complex has been entertaining Hampton Roads for over the past 20 years. It features live actors, high-tech special effects, and theatrical sets and scenes, creating the ultimate experience in fear. The Atlantic Beach Club, part of the Haunted Fun House complex, has an arcade and can accommodate up to 200 people for birthday parties, teen dances, concerts, team sports activities, and fundraising events. Enjoy indoor 3-D Black Light Mini-golf through 9 holes of an under-the-sea adventure.

Atlantic Wildfowl Heritage Museum
113 Atlantic Avenue
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23451
(757) 437-8432

The Atlantic Wildfowl Heritage Museum, located in the historic de Witt Cottage on the Virginia Beach oceanfront, displays art and artifacts documenting migratory wildfowl that pass through Eastern Virginia. Exhibits of wildfowl and shorebird carvings trace the evolution of this American art form from the simple traditional decoys to the contemporary lifelike carvings.

Busch Gardens Williamsburg
One Busch Gardens Blvd.
Williamsburg, Virginia 23187
(800) 343-7946

Busch Gardens Williamsburg is an action-packed, European-themed park with 17th century charm and 21st century technology, boasting more than 100 acres of unparalleled fun and adventure for the entire family. It's been voted the world's "Most Beautiful" and "Favorite" theme park and is home to the world's top rated roller coasters and more than 40 thrilling rides and attractions.

Chesapeake Bay Center
2500 Shore Drive
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23451
(757) 412-2316

The Chesapeake Bay Center, located at First Landing State Park (a Gateway site), serves as a regional information center for distributing information about other sites in the Gateways Network. In addition to providing visitor information, the Center also functions as an interpretive and educational center for the park. It includes exhibits on the landing of the first permanent English settlers in 1607, a Chesapeake Bay aquarium exhibit, a Bay store, and a facility for equipment rentals and ecotourism opportunities.

Edgar Cayce Visitors Center
Atlantic Ave and 67th Street
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23451
(757) 428-3588

Edgar Cayce Visitors Center is the headquarters of the world famous psychic and mystic, Edgar Cayce. Open year round to the public, visitors can see the original hospital building, the Visitor Center and enjoy a tour, movie, and free lecture. A Massage & Day Spa is also available.

Harbor Seal Splash
717 General Booth Blvd.
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23451
(757) 437-6000

Harbor Seal Splash is a new in-water, interactive educational opportunity. Through an informative two-hour program, visitors will learn the natural history of harbor seals and explore conservation needs and efforts. This is an extraordinary experience that will open visitors' eyes, minds and hearts to the true marvels of marine animals and the people that care for them. Please call for prices and dates.

Hunt Club Farm - Petting Farm
2388 London Bridge Road
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23456
(757) 427-9520

Hunt Club Farm's Petting Farm gives visitors an opportunity to pet and visit a wide variety of farm animals. You can chase a chicken, feed a goat, or moo with the cows! Come out and meet our llamas, donkeys, cows, sheep, goats, baby goats, chickens, turkeys, guinea hens, roosters, peacocks, swans, ducks, geese, bee hive, pheasants, miniature horses, donkeys, rabbits, potbelly pig, cats, dogs and more. We also have a great play area.

Motor World - Your Place to Race!
700 South Birdneck Road
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23451
(757) 422-6419

Motor World is your place to race providing fun and excitement for all ages. Attractions include 250 karts with 16 different styles, 8 go-kart tracks, two 18-hole mini-golf courses, bumper boats, kiddie rides, arcade, games, food, & more.

Nauticus
1 Waterside Drive
Norfolk, Virginia 23510
(757) 664-1000

A fun and exciting interactive science and technology center exploring the power of the sea. Nauticus features hands-on exhibits including computer and video interactives, films on a giant screen, exotic aquaria, touch pools, shark petting, national-caliber traveling exhibits, the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, and the Battleship Wisconsin. Inside, numerous exhibits bring the battleship to life including BattleScopes, Design Chamber: Battleship X, City at Sea, and Wisky Walk: Fifty Years of Service. Nauticus is 20 minutes west of Virginia Beach and 40 minutes east of Williamsburg.

Ocean Breeze Waterpark
849 General Booth Blvd.
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23451
(757) 422-4444

Ocean Breeze Waterpark is Virginia Beach's only water park. Located just 1.5 miles from the Oceanfront area, it's a quick trip from wherever you are! Ocean Breeze Waterpark offers 16 waterslides, the 1 million-gallon Runaway Bay wave pool, the Buccaneer Bay children's area and other fantastic attractions.

Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center
717 General Booth Boulevard
Virgini Beach, Virginia 23451
(757) 385-FISH

Come explore more than 800,000 gallons of aquariums and take a journey of water through Virginia. Stroll through the indoor Coastal River Room where birds and turtles roam free, marvel at a 50,000 gallon aquarium with the largest collection of Chesapeake Bay fish in the world and touch gentle stingrays, horseshoe crabs and other marine life. The aquarium also has over 300 interactive exhibits, 1/2-acre aviary, and "larger than life" movies on an IMAX 3D movie screen. Seasonal boat trips for dolphin watching, whale watching and ocean collections are also available.

Virginia Beach Amusement Park
15th & Atlantic Ave.
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23451
(757) 422-2307

The Virginia Beach Amusement Park is a family entertainment center with rides and games for all ages. Our convenient oceanfront location is on land side of Atlantic Ave. Test your courage on the Skyscraper, our world class thrill ride. You'll soar 165 feet at 65 mph. This ain't no porch swing! Or enjoy the spectacular family log flume and have your picture taken as a keepsake. There are many rides and games to choose from including several for the kiddies.

Virginia Beach City Public Schools Planetarium
3080 S Lynnhaven Rd.
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23452
(757) 431-4067

The Virginia Beach City Public Schools Planetarium has served as the community's source for astronomical enrichment since 1969. During the weekdays (including the summer), the Planetarium serves public & private schools, child development centers, churches, community groups, etc. free of charge. Lessons and presentations are tailored to specific age levels and instructional requests. The Planetarium also provides free presentations every Tuesday evening at 7 pm for the general public. The programs change monthly and can be viewed on our website. Reservations are suggested.

Virginia Living Museum
524 J. Clyde Morris Blvd.
Newport New, Virginia 23451
(757) 595-1900

See animals native to Virginia swim, slither, roam and fly in the all-new, three times larger Virginia Living Museum, which opened in March 2004. Transport yourself to the steamy world of a cypress swamp, complete with alligators and snapping turtles. Find songbirds nestled in the trees around a cascading mountain waterfall and view trout in a cool mountain stream. Explore the underwater world of the Chesapeake Bay and the underground realm of a limestone cave, plus enjoy four hands-on discovery centers. See spectacular views of the sun from the new observatory and travel the universe in the planetarium theater. Outdoors, stroll the 3/4-mile elevated boardwalk to view native animals in natural habitats.

Virginia Zoo
3500 Granby Street
Norfolk, Virginia 23504
(757) 441-5227

Nestled on 53 acres along the Lafayette River, this zoo is home to over 350 animals ranging from elephants, Siberian tigers, and monkeys to reptiles and birds. A ten acre Okavango African habitat, a Reptile and Nocturnal Gallery, a Barnyard, and Botanical Gardens are just some of the features of this zoo.

Water Country USA
176 Water Country Parkway
Williamsburg, Virginia 23187
(757) 229-9300

Water Country USA, the mid-Atlantic's largest family water play park, features the world’s latest, greatest, state-of-the-art water rides and attractions, spectacular entertainment, shopping and restaurants -- all set to a colorful 1950's and '60s surf theme.

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