About Hampton City County, VA

St. Maarten Sunset

While on vacation in the Caribbean, my husband shot this beautiful sunset over the Great Bay-Philipsburg, St. Maarten.

This image was shot with a Mamiya 645AFd medium format camera on Fuji NGHII 120 film.

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I am a REALTOR with Greg Garrett Realty.com in Newport News, VA.

Grand View On the Chesapeake Bay in Hampton, VA

You wouldn't believe what an amazing deal you can get on homes at the beach. This is a great market to finally get your dream home - INCREDIBLE!

Below are a few shots from a recent upscale custom home in Hampton, Va. To view the full featured Virtual tour click here: http://paydenvirtualtours.com/show/47823

Front of House:

View from Widows Walk of Chesapeake Bay:

Great Room:

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Sandy Bottom Nature Park-Hampton, Va.

Hampton's premier park is a 456 acre environmental education and wildlife management facility. Born from borrow pits and garbage dumps, the park is truly a success story of reclamation of our natural resources. From the 10,000 square foot nature center overlooking Sandy Bottom Lake to the elusive creatures that inhabit the wetland marshes, there is something for everyone at the Sandy Bottom Nature Park.

Below are just a few examples of a recent trip to Sandy Bottom:

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Hampton Coliseum-Holiday Lighting

Every year for the holidays the Hampton Coliseum changes it's normal nighttime illumination from white lighting to colored lighting with a very dramatic effect. Opened in 1970 the Hampton Coliseum is a multi-use venue which is owned by the City of Hampton. The Coliseum has featured many sporting events as well as countless musical shows including Elvis, The Grateful Dead, Phish and the Rolling Stones.

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Community of Phoebus, Hampton, VA - A Beautiful Place to Live and Visit

Phoebus

The community of Phoebus is a historic waterfront neighborhood in Hampton that is currently undergoing a revitalization effort in its historic district. Tax credits are being offered to promote business investment and restore historic buildings to their former glory. Due largely to these efforts Phoebus is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmark Register. It sits across Mill Creek from Fort Monroe and its easy accessibility to the Chesapeake Bay and Hampton Roads Harbor make it a prime location for fishing and boating. Phoebus still retains that small town atmosphere that is largely being lost in our ever growing region and is well worth a visit.

The Chesapeake Bay Brown Pelican, once almost extinct in this area, have rebounded and there are now thousands of nesting pairs in coastal Virginia and North Carolina. The resurgence of this species has led to the Federal Government wanting to remove them from the Endangered Species list. The population of Brown Pelicans grew so quickly in the Mid-Atlantic region, after the Government banned DDT in 1972, that the US Fish and wildlife service dropped its endangered status for Virginia and North Carolina populations in 1985.

Phoebus is home to a commercial wharf used primarily by large fishing vessels that deposit their catch for processing here locally and shipping·all over·the world.

Hampton Cup Regatta

Every summer Phoebus hosts the nation's oldest hydroplane regatta on Mill Creek. Nine classes of hydroplanes race at speeds of 110-170 miles an hour. The festive atmosphere features vendors, food, local radio station giveaways, a classic car show, and plenty of horsepower.

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