Fort Monroe

Fort Monroe (also known as the Fort Monroe National Monument) was a military installation in Hampton, Virginia, located at Old Point Comfort, the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula. Within the 565 acres of Fort Monroe are 170 historic buildings and nearly 200 acres of natural resources, including 8 miles of waterfront, 3.2 miles of beaches on the Chesapeake Bay, 110 acres of submerged lands and 85 acres of wetlands.
 
Fort Monroe closed on September 15, 2011. Many of its functions were transferred to nearby Fort Eustis.  Several re-use plans for Fort Monroe after it is decommissioned are currently under development in the Hampton community.