Mobjack Bay

Mobjack Bay: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: moderate; weekends busier. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this beach: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Mobjack Bay

Season: October to March; rough seas and lifeguard warnings June to September.

Busiest days: Weekends and long holidays.

Crowd: Moderate; weekends busier.

Typical week: Mon light · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri light · Sat busy · Sun busy.

How to reach Mobjack Bay — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 37.28347, -76.29966. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Mobjack Bay

• New Point Comfort Lighthouse · sanctuary · Mathews · ~3 km · Must-see
• York Spit Light · attraction · Mathews · ~11 km · Must-see
• Tue Marshes Light · attraction · York · ~12 km · Must-see
• Bethel Beach · beach · Mathews · ~20 km · Must-see
• Gloucester Point Baptist Church · church · Gloucester · ~22 km · Must-see
• Yorktown Monument · fort · York · ~24 km · Must-see
• Watermen's Museum · museum · York · ~24 km · Must-see
• Abingdon Church · church · Gloucester · ~25 km · Must-see
• Machicomoco State Park · sanctuary · Gloucester · ~27 km · Must-see
• Back River Lighthouse Ruins · fort · Hampton · ~27 km · Must-see
• Newport News Park · park · York · ~28 km · Must-see
• Cherrystone Bar Light · attraction · Northampton · ~30 km · Must-see
• Rosewell Plantation · fort · Gloucester · ~31 km · Must-see
• Cape Charles Coastal Habitat Natural Area Preserve · sanctuary · Northampton · ~31 km · Must-see
• Endview Plantation Historic Site · fort · Newport News · ~31 km · Must-see
• Cape Charles Museum · museum · Northampton · ~32 km · Must-see
• Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve · sanctuary · Northampton · ~32 km · Must-see
• City Reservoir Dam · lake · Newport News · ~33 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Mobjack Bay

Other beaches & coast near Mobjack Bay

• Bethel Beach · beach · Mathews · ~20 km · Must-see
• Buckroe Beach and Park · beach · Hampton · ~34 km · Must-see
• Hampton Roads · beach · Newport News · ~48 km · Must-see
• Norfolk Botanical Garden · beach · Norfolk · ~54 km · Must-see
• Nansemond Lighthouse · beach · Suffolk · ~54 km · Must-see
• WJLZ-FM (Virginia Beach) · beach · Virginia Beach · ~66 km · Must-see
• Sandbridge Beach · beach · Virginia Beach · ~78 km · Must-see
• Fog Point Cove · beach · Somerset · ~108 km · Must-see
• Solomons Lump Light · beach · Somerset · ~111 km · Must-see
• Piney Point Lighthouse · beach · Saint Mary's · ~121 km · Must-see

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