Building #50

Building #50: 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 fort: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Building #50

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

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 Building #50 — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 37.00331, -76.30639. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Building #50

• Chapel of the Centurion · church · Hampton · ~0 km · Must-see
• Old Point Comfort Lighthouse · fort · Hampton · ~0 km · Must-see
• Fort Monroe National Monument · fort · Hampton · ~2 km · Must-see
• Phoebus Methodist Episcopal Church · church · Hampton · ~2 km · Must-see
• Hampton University Museum · museum · Hampton · ~4 km · Must-see
• Virginia Air And Space Center · museum · Hampton · ~5 km · Must-see
• Little England Chapel · church · Hampton · ~5 km · Must-see
• Buckroe Beach and Park · beach · Hampton · ~6 km · Must-see
• Thimble Shoal Light · fort · Hampton · ~8 km · Must-see
• Air Power Park · museum · Hampton · ~9 km · Must-see
• Bluebird Gap Farm · park · Hampton · ~10 km · Must-see
• F/A-18 · attraction · Norfolk · ~11 km · Must-see
• Back River Lighthouse Ruins · fort · Hampton · ~12 km · Must-see
• Hampton Roads · beach · Newport News · ~12 km · Must-see
• Newport News Middle Ground Light · attraction · Newport News · ~12 km · Must-see
• King-Lincoln Park · park · Newport News · ~13 km · Must-see
• James A. Fields House · fort · Newport News · ~13 km · Must-see
• East Ocean View Community Park · park · Norfolk · ~16 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Building #50

Other forts & heritage near Building #50

• Old Point Comfort Lighthouse · fort · Hampton · ~0 km · Must-see
• Fort Monroe National Monument · fort · Hampton · ~2 km · Must-see
• Thimble Shoal Light · fort · Hampton · ~8 km · Must-see
• Back River Lighthouse Ruins · fort · Hampton · ~12 km · Must-see
• James A. Fields House · fort · Newport News · ~13 km · Must-see
• Norfolk Attractions · fort · Norfolk · ~22 km · Must-see
• Fort Nelson Park · fort · Portsmouth · ~22 km · Must-see
• Denbigh Plantation Site · fort · Newport News · ~28 km · Must-see
• Cape Henry Lighthouse · fort · Virginia Beach · ~35 km · Must-see
• Fort Boykin · fort · Isle of Wight · ~35 km · Must-see

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