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Historic Tidewater
Layered history, regional art and maritime interpretation invite thoughtful visits.
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Historic Tidewater, a little closer.
Layered history, regional art and maritime interpretation invite thoughtful visits. Williamsburg, Yorktown and Norfolk require separate plans and realistic driving time.
Highlighted counties locate these featured towns. These six WTDO discovery areas are editorial groupings. Markers indicate approximate town centers, not entrances or driving routes. Select a town to open its guide. County outlines: U.S. Census Bureau.
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Photo credits & visitor sources
Real Virginia photographs. Photo dates vary; images illustrate places, not current weather or operating conditions.
- The Governor's Palace -- Williamsburg (VA) September 2012.jpg — Ron Cogswell. CC BY 2.0. Resized and converted to WebP; displayed crops may vary.
- Yorktown customhouse.jpg — Aude. CC BY-SA 2.5. Resized and converted to WebP; displayed crops may vary.
- The Wisconsin Battleship in Norfolk, VA.jpg — Bruce Emmerling. CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; displayed crops may vary.
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County and independent-city outlines: U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb, Virginia FIPS 51, all 95 counties and 38 independent cities. Simplified for display. Town markers show approximate centers, not attraction entrances or driving routes. These six WTDO areas are editorial discovery groupings, not Virginia’s official tourism regions. Featured places are starting points, not an exhaustive inventory.