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Kiptopeke State Park, Cape Charles, VA

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Sports & Outdoors

Kiptopeke State Park

A Chesapeake Bay state park on Virginia's Eastern Shore with beaches, trails, a fishing pier, and camping.

3540 Kiptopeke Dr., Cape Charles, VA 23310 · Cape Charles, VA

About Kiptopeke State Park

Kiptopeke State Park sits at the southern end of Virginia's Eastern Shore near Cape Charles. Visitors can reach the Chesapeake Bay through its beaches, boat ramp, and lighted fishing pier. The park is also a stop for migrating birds on the Atlantic Flyway, and it offers hiking and biking trails, a playground, and programs on natural history and bay ecology. Lodging ranges from cabins and lodges to yurts, a bunkhouse, and campsites. Offshore, nine concrete ships from 1944 lie near the shoreline.

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