Newport News

Introduction

Newport News is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia. The city itself has about 180,000 inhabitants, but the total metropolitan region has well over 1.5 million.

Events and Festivals

• HollyDazzle - held in the City Center at Oyster Point and occurs in December. There is a light show along with a tree lighting. There are also many food vendors present. The actual event has free admission but extras need to be purchased.
• Oyster Roast - a large seafood festival and beer-tasting that occurs near the end of October in the City Center Fountain Plaza.
• Fridays @ The Fountain - enjoy concerts each Friday in June, July, and August at the City Center Fountain Plaza.
• Family Films by the Fountain - bring the family on Saturdays in August to the City Center Fountain Plaza for a movie night.
• Port Warwick's LIVE on the Square - enjoy concerts on Wednesday nights from late May through August at Port Warwick.

Weather

Newport News has a warm climate with daytime temperatures in January even above 10 °C and in summer days average around 30 °C. Nights average between 2 °C and 22 °C and the absolute high and low are 41 °C and -20 °C respectively. Although it has mild winters, there still is an average snowfall of about 15 centimetres, mostly during brief cold spells. Average annual rainfall is about 1,200 mm with summers seeing heavier downpours, while winters are somewhat drier. The location of Newport News is favorable regarding the avoiding of storms: too far north for tropical storms (hurricanes) and too far south for the storms orginating more to the north. Also tornadoes don't reach this area usually.

Getting There

By Plane

Newport News has its own international airport.

By Train

The Northeast Regional , operated by Amtrak, travels between Boston and Newport News, Virginia.

By Bus

Check Greyhound for options.

Sleep

Keep Connected

Phone

See also International Telephone Calls

Post

The US Postal Service is very good and well priced mail system. There are post offices in every small and large town for sending packages internationally or domestically. If wanting to send a letter or postcard it is best just to leave it in a blue mail box with the proper postage. There are also private postal services like FedEx, UPS and DHL.

External Links

• Official Governmental Website