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 Occoquan/Sandy Run Park

1. Follow 123 about 1.7 miles and turn left onto Hampton Road.
2. Go about 1/2 mile on Hampton Road and turn left on Van Thompson Road
(you will see power lines ahead just in front of you).
3. After about 1/4 mile, Van Thompson bears sharply to the left at a well-weathered barn and continues down a hill to the entrance to Sandy Run Park

A more detailed set of directions follow:

1. From the I-295 by-pass around Richmond take I95 North. exit (# 43) towards Washington and merge onto I-95 N - 74.9 miles
2. Take the VA-123 N exit, exit number 160B, towards OCCOQUAN/LAKE RIDGE - 0.3 miles
3. Merge onto VA-123 N/Gordon Blvd - 1.1 miles
4. VA-123 N/Gordon Blvd becomes Ox Rd/VA-123 - 3.0 miles
5. Turn Left onto Hampton Rd/VA-647 - 0.9 miles
6. Turn Slight Left onto Van Thompson Rd. - 0.1 miles

Travel time: 3 hours, 36 minutes
Distance: 193 miles

Note: There are parking fees and shuttle vans to the viewing area.

 Lakewood Park

Norfolk, Virginia 23509

The park is located on Willow Wood Drive and can be reached from either Tidewater Drive or Granby Street.
Boathouse is in the rear of the park.
Please don’t park on the grass.
Best spectator spot is on Mayflower Avenue in Colonial Place.
No parking fees.

 Botanical Gardens

6700 Azalea Garden Road
Norfolk, Virginia 23519

1. From I - 64, take exit 279 - Norview Avenue.
2. Follow Norview for one mile and turn left on to Azalea Garden Road.
3. The Garden entrance is on the right just past the entrance to the airport.

There is a parking fee at the guardhouse.
The dock at Lake Whitehurst is at the edge of the first parking lot just behind the guardhouse, but no private vehicles may park there. 
Continue down the road and left into the parking lot near the Administration Building.

 Williams Wharf, Mathews County

1. Take 64 to Route 17(J. Clyde Morris Blvd Exit) You will cross over the Coleman Bridge.     (Toll there is $2.00)
2. Follow Route 17 North through Gloucester County.
3. Turn right on Route 17 Business at intersection with Super WalMart on far left of intersection.
4. Turn right onto Route 14 at the first stoplight.
5. Follow Route 14 until you reach a stop sign (about 12 miles).
6. Turn right onto Route 14/Route 198.
7. Stop at the first stop sign.
8. Turn right again (There will be a Hardee's here).
9. Drive about 2 miles and turn right on Route 614. Follow to the end of Williams Wharf.

There will be parking in an open field on the left before you get to the Wharf for families.
There is a parking fee and a shuttle bus run the rowers and parents in to the regatta area.

Travel time 1.5 – 2 hours.

 First Landing

Enter First Landing State Park at 64th Street entrance from Atlantic Avenue.
Continue to boat ramp parking.
No parking fees.

rower

Start: Howard Johnsons, 341 B South Black Horse Pike, Bellmawr NJ 08031
End: Randolph Dr, Philadelphia, PA, United States
  • Driving directions
0 Depart SR-168 / S Black Horse Pike (northwest) (0.7 mi)
1 Take ramp RIGHT to I-295 South (0.8 mi)
  Take ramp LEFT to I-76 West (2.1 mi)
3 At exit 2, take ramp RIGHT to I-676 North (3.7 mi)
4 Stop for toll booth
5 Stay on I-676 North (west) (1 mi)
6 Entering Pennsylvania
7 Stay on I-676 West / Benjamin Franklin Bridge (west) (0.9 mi)
8 Take ramp LEFT toward I-676 West / US-30 West (0.3 mi)
9 Merge onto I-676 West / Vine St Expy (west) (2.4 mi)
10 Take exit 342 RIGHT toward Girard Ave / US-13 / Phila Zoo / US-30 West (0.3 mi)
11 Merge onto US-13 / US-30 West / N 34th St (north) (0.1 mi)
12 Turn RIGHT (east) to stay on US-13 / W Girard Ave (0.3 mi)
13 Bear LEFT (east), and then bear LEFT (northwest) onto US-13 / N 33rd St (1 mi)
14 Turn LEFT (west) onto W Diamond St (0.2 mi)
15 Bear LEFT (southwest) onto Reservoir Dr
16

Arrive at randolph dr, Philadelphia, PA, United States

 
rower
Start: Granby High School, 7101 Granby St, Norfolk Va 23503
End: Best Western Potomac Mills, 14619 Potomac Mills Rd, Woodbridge VA 22192
  • Driving directions
0 Depart Oxford St (east)
1 Turn LEFT (northeast) onto US-460 East / Granby St (1.7 mi)
2 Bear LEFT (north) onto road toward I-64 West / Hampton Roads Beltway (74.5 mi)
3 Take exit 200 RIGHT toward Washington / I-295 / Rocky Mt NC / US-60 (1.6 mi)
4 Merge onto I-295 North (northwest) (12.3 mi)
5 At exit 43A, take ramp LEFT to I-95 North (72.7 mi)
6 Take exit 156 RIGHT toward VA-784 / Rippon Landing / Dale City (1.4 mi)
7 Turn RIGHT (north) onto Gideon Dr (0.6 mi)
8 Turn RIGHT (southeast) onto Town Center Rd (0.1 mi)
9 Arrive at Best Western Potomac Mills, 14619 Potomac Mills Rd, Woodbridge VA 22192