SPORTS & RECREATION

PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS
Are you a “spectator sportsman”? Love to watch the pros? There are plenty of teams to follow and enjoy live right here in the Hampton Roads Region.

Norfolk Admirals American Hockey League team. Chicago Blackhawks farm team play at Norfolk Scope. 757-363-1900.

Norfolk Tides New York Mets AAA Baseball Team play at Norfolk’s Harbor Park. 757-622-2222

Norfolk Nighthawks Arena League Football play at Norfolk Scope. 757-626-0500

Hampton Roads Mariners A-League Soccer play at Virginia Beach Sportsplex. 800-955-5566.

Virginia Birding & Wildlife Trail
The sites in the South Chesapeake Loop offer a sample of habitats at the interface of pinewoods and the swampy bottom lands lining several rivers that drain the southeastern corner of the state. Visitors may encounter birds ranging from nuthatches flitting through the pines, to prothonotary warblers nesting in hollow swamp trees, to stealthy great blue herons hunting in the shallows. The City of Chesapeake is a starting point for this loop, which circles southward toward the North Carolina border and returns just south of the City. Click here to visit their site.

PUBLIC BOAT LAUNCHES

Deep Creek Lock Park
300 Luray Street, Chesapeake, VA 23323-3028 (757) 382-6411

Great Bridge Lock Park
S.Battlefield Blvd., Chesapeake, VA 23322 (757) 382-6411

Elizabeth River Boat Landing
1/4 Mile West of the Poindexter Street Exit #4 off I-464

Route 17 Boat Ramp
US 17 just north of Ballahack Road. Boat access to Dismal Swamp Canal.