Fishing:

• Throughout the year, trophy Bluefish, Trout, Flounder, Sea Bass, Croaker, Spot and the famed Chesapeake Blue Crab attract anglers to Mobjack Bay and the Lower Chesapeake.

• From Spring to Fall, the Atlantic Ocean is bountiful with Sea Bass, Black and Red Drum, Tuna, Dolphin, Mackerel, Marlin, Shark and more.

• The 7,206-yard Ed Ault designed Deer Run Championship Course, features an abundance of wildlife – causing it to be listed on the National Audubon Society Registry. Rated 3½ stars by Golf Digest in "Best Places to Play 2000-2001," this is one of the best public golf courses in the country.

• The 6,645 yard Cardinal Golf Course is set among thick stands of pine which guard along the length of this course
• The 3,140 yard nine-hole Gloucester Country Club course provides a "...very unpretentious but perfectly good course."
• All are open year round from sunrise to sunset

• More than 100 restaurants server the area – offer a wide range of selections including local seafood and game specialties from the region • Golf courses within 30 minutes include Williamsburg Country Club, James River Country Club, Ford's Colony, Kingsmill on the James, the Golden Horsehoe in Irvington, The Golden Eagle and Tartan courses in Newport News, Kiln Creek, and Deer Run in Hampton, the Hamptons Course and The Hampton Golf and Tennis Club; and in Middlesex, Piankatank River Golf Club

• All are open year round from sunrise to sunset

and Parks:

• Gloucester Point Beach Park offers swimming areas and sandy beaches, perfect for sunbathing, wading, sand castles and beach fun! The park also has a large grassy area with picnic facilities, a concession stand, restrooms and outdoor shower.

• Bethel Beach Nature Preserve is a sandy spit of low dunes and salt marsh habitat separating the eastern side of Winter Harbor in Mathews County from the Chesapeake Bay. Scan the beach and offshore bay waters, tidal lagoons, salt marsh, shrubby swamp, and deeper channels during any season to discover over 185 species of birds, including 25 species of shorebirds, that have been sited here.

• Beaverdam Reservoir Park offers a nature trail, horse trail, and a picnic area with shelter for family or group functions

• Ocean View Park, located on the sandy shores of the Chesapeake, offers an attractive gazebo, picnic tables and bathhouse. The beach is guarded during the summer season.

• Ocean View Park, located on the sandy shores of the Chesapeake, offers an attractive gazebo, picnic tables and bathhouse. The beach is guarded during the summer season.

• Buckroe Beach offers wide beaches, two piers, and a pavilion.
• The beaches of the Atlantic Ocean are located approximately a one hour from the Marina – including Assateague Island National Seashore, which offers beach, dunes, forest, marsh, and bay in a wet and wild setting. It is. Wild horses and birds are among many kinds of island wildlife.

• The Inn at Warner Hall, on the 38 acre waterfront plantation created in 1642 by George Washington's great-great grandfather, is listed by both the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission. It continues to be of major architectural and genealogical significance in American history and has long been considered one of the premiere properties in the Virginia Tidewater area.

• Bush Gardens, the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, the Mariner’s Museum in Newport News, the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center in Williamsburg and the NASA Visitor Center at the Langley Research Center in Hamption are among the other area attractions