Newport News Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism

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The Newport News Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism (also known as Newport News Parks) is the government agency responsible for maintaining city parks and other sites of interest to tourists and the general population within the city of Newport News, Virginia. It is under the authority of Assistant City Manager Billy Mitchell. The Director of Newport News Parks is Michael Poplawski.

1 Parks
2 Historic sites
3 Museums
4 Sports programs and community centers
5 External link

[edit] Parks

Newport News Parks is responsible for the maintenance of thirty-two city parks. The smallest is less than half an acre (2,000 m²). The largest, Newport News Park, is 8,065 acres (33 km²), the second-largest city park in the United States. The parks are scattered throughout the city, from Endview Plantation in the northern end of the city to King-Lincoln Park in the southern end near the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel. The parks offer a variety of services to visitors, ranging from traditional park services like camping and fishing to activities like archery and disc golf.

See List of parks in Newport News, Virginia

[edit] Historic sites

Newport News Parks maintains eight historic sites within the city. Four of these are located within parks.

Battle of Dam #1, located in Newport News Park
Battle of Lee's Mill, located in Lee's Mill Park
Congress and Cumberland Overlook, located in Christopher Newport Park
Monitor-Merrimac Overlook, located in Anderson Park
Skiffe's Creek Redoubt
Warwick Court House
Newport News Victory Arch
Young's Mill

All of these historic sites (with the exception of the Victory Arch) were significant during the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War in 1862.