City

• Newport News

  A port city in southeastern Virginia at the mouth of the James River off Hampton Roads;...

• Norfolk

  Port city located in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River at the mouth of Chesapeake...

• Lynchburg

  A city in central Virginia.

• Portsmouth

  A port city in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River opposite Norfolk; naval base;...

• Roanoke

  A city in southwestern Virginia.

• Virginia Beach

  The largest city in Virginia; long overshadowed by Norfolk but growing rapidly since...

River

• Clinch River

  A river that rises in southwestern Virginia and flows generally southwestward across...

• Elizabeth River

  A short river in southeastern Virginia flowing between Norfolk and Portsmouth into...

• James

  A river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads.

• Potomac

  A river in the east central United States; rises in West Virginia in the Appalachian Mountains...

• Rappahannock

  A river that flows across eastern Virginia into the Tidewater region.

• Shenandoah River

  A river of northern Virginia that empties into the Potomac at Harpers Ferry.

Village

• Jamestown

  A former village on the James River in Virginia to the north of Norfolk; site of the first...

• Chancellorsville

  A village in northeastern Virginia.

• Spotsylvania

  A village in northeastern Virginia where battles were fought during the American Civil...

• Yorktown

  A historic village in southeastern Virginia to the north of Newport News; site of the last...

Town

• Blacksburg

  A university town in southwestern Virginia (west of Roanoke) in the Allegheny Mounta...

• Fredericksburg

  A town in northeastern Virginia on the Rappahannock River.

• Petersburg

  A town in southeastern Virginia (south of Richmond); scene of heavy fighting during the...

Appalachians

• Alleghenies

  The western part of the Appalachian Mountains; extending from northern Pennsylvania...

• Blue Ridge Mountains

  A range of the Appalachians extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern...

Also contains

• Chesapeake Bay

  A large inlet of the North Atlantic between Virginia and Maryland; fed by Susquehanna...

• Wilderness

  A wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive...

• Shenandoah National Park

  A national park in Virginia for the Blue Ridge Mountains.

• Richmond

  Capital of the state of Virginia located in the east central part of the state; was capital...

• Hampton Roads

  A channel in southeastern Virginia through which the Elizabeth River and the James...

• Shenandoah Valley

  A large valley between the Allegheny Mountains and the Blue Ridge Mountains in...

• Bull Run

  A creek in northeastern Virginia where two battles were fought in the American Civil W...

• Mount Vernon

  The former residence of George Washington in northeastern Virginia overlooking the...