Shooting Point

Shooting Point: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. 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 Shooting Point

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

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

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

How to reach Shooting Point — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 37.46716, -75.96098. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Shooting Point

• Hungars Church · church · Northampton · ~5 km · Must-see
• Savage Neck Dunes Natural Area Preserve · sanctuary · Northampton · ~20 km · Must-see
• Cape Charles Museum · museum · Northampton · ~28 km · Must-see
• Cape Charles Coastal Habitat Natural Area Preserve · sanctuary · Northampton · ~30 km · Must-see
• Cherrystone Bar Light · attraction · Northampton · ~30 km · Must-see
• Hog Island · river spot · Northampton · ~31 km · Must-see
• Bethel Beach · beach · Mathews · ~33 km · Must-see
• Wreck Island State Natural Area Preserve · sanctuary · Northampton · ~33 km · Must-see
• Stingray Point Marina · attraction · Middlesex · ~40 km · Must-see
• Parkers Marsh · sanctuary · Accomack · ~41 km · Must-see
• Windmill Point Marina · attraction · Lancaster · ~42 km · Must-see
• New Point Comfort Lighthouse · sanctuary · Mathews · ~42 km · Must-see
• Kiptopeke State Park · sanctuary · Northampton · ~42 km · Must-see
• Magothy Bay Natural Area Reserve · sanctuary · Northampton · ~43 km · Must-see
• Watts Island Rocks · viewpoint · Accomack · ~44 km · Must-see
• Saint James Episcopal Church · church · Accomack · ~47 km · Must-see
• Cape Charles Light · fort · Northampton · ~48 km · Must-see
• York Spit Light · attraction · Mathews · ~48 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Shooting Point

Other beaches & coast near Shooting Point

• Bethel Beach · beach · Mathews · ~33 km · Must-see
• Buckroe Beach and Park · beach · Hampton · ~69 km · Must-see
• Fog Point Cove · beach · Somerset · ~79 km · Must-see
• Solomons Lump Light · beach · Somerset · ~81 km · Must-see
• Norfolk Botanical Garden · beach · Norfolk · ~82 km · Must-see
• Hampton Roads · beach · Newport News · ~87 km · Must-see
• WJLZ-FM (Virginia Beach) · beach · Virginia Beach · ~88 km · Must-see
• Nansemond Lighthouse · beach · Suffolk · ~94 km · Must-see
• Sandbridge Beach · beach · Virginia Beach · ~94 km · Must-see
• Sharkfin Shoal Light · beach · Dorchester · ~102 km · Must-see

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