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Landmarks City of Norfolk, Virginia Landmarks City of Norfolk, Virginia CAPTAINS QUARTERS NATURE CENTER AND PARK SARAH CONSTANT SHRINE & BEACH WILLOUGHBY ELEMENTARY OCEANVIEW OCEAN VIEW BEACH ELEMENTARY PARK MARY D PRETLOW LIBRARY NORFOLK NAS GOLF COURSE COMMUNITY BEACH OCEAN VIEW GOLF COURSE OCEAN AIR ELEMENTARY NORFOLK NAVAL BASE BAY VIEW ELEMENTARY NORTHSIDE BAYVIEW MIDDLE RECREATION CALCOTT CENTER ELEMENTARY FLEET PARK TARRALLTON COMMUNITY PARK CAMP ALLEN NORTHSIDE PARK EAST ELEMENTARY OCEAN VIEW RECREATION CENTER TARRALLTON ELEMENTARY FOREST LAWN SEWELLS POINT GOLF COURSE SEWELLSPOINT ELEMENTARY LITTLE CREEK CROSSROADS EAST ELEMENTARY LITTLE CREEK ELEMENTARY SHOPPING CENTER ROOSEVELT SHOPPING CENTER LITTLE CREEK NORFOLK INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL LIBRARY MEADOWBROOK WARDS PARK TITUSTOWN CORNER SOUTHERN SHOPPING SHOPPING RECREATION CENTER CENTER CENTER LARRYMORE ELEMENTARY AZALEA GARDEN MIDDLE NORFOLK FITNESS THE AND WELLNESS HERMITAGE CENTER NORFOLK FOUNDATION MUSEUM COLLEGIATE CENTRAL BUSINESS PARK NORFOLK YACHT AND COUNTRY GRANBY CLUB ELEMENTARY GRANBY HIGH SUBURBAN NORFOLK BOTANICAL GARDENS PARK ELEMENTARY ROSEMONT MIDDLE BARRON F BLACK LIBRARY U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH NORVIEW HIGH LARCHMONT TANNERS CREEK ELEMENTARY LIBRARY DE PAUL MEDICAL CENTER NORVIEW ELEMENTARY NORVIEW MIDDLE ST PATRICK CATHOLIC SCHOOL LARCHMONT ELEMENTARY LAKEWOOD PARK WILLARD MODEL ELEMENTARY LAFAYETTE LIBRARY OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY TED CONSTANT CONVOCATION LAFAYETTE LAMBERTS POINT CENTER WINONA GOLF COURSE MIDDLE LAKE WRIGHT GOLF COURSE STUART EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER NORFOLK COMMERCE PARK VIRGINIA ZOOLOGICAL PARK JAMES SHERWOOD MADISON LAFAYETTE FOREST SECONDARY PARK ELEMENTARY PARK MONROE PLACE ELEMENTARY LAMBERTS POINT TERMINAL LIBRARY ST. MARYS NORFOLK ACADEMY COLLEY JEFF ROBERTSON PARK VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER LAKE TAYLOR HIGH SHOOP PARK NORFOLK TECHNICAL VOACTIONAL LAKE TAYLOR COLEMAN CENTER MIDDLE PLACE ELEMENTARY TAYLOR LINDENWOOD ELEMENTARY ELEMENTARY BLAIR LAKE TAYLOR MIDDLE HOSPITAL FERGUSREID PARK BARRAUD PARK MAURY HIGH BALLENTINE ELEMENTARY VAN WYCK PARKS AND URBAN LIBRARY GHENT ELEMENTARY FORESTRY DIVISION OF WASTE MANAGEMENT CALVARY NORFOLK SENTARA DIVISION OF JANAF HOSPITAL NORFOLK INDUSTRIAL PARK STREETS AND BRIDGES LIBRARY AZALEA GARDENS ELMWOOD LITTLE LEAGUE HUNTERSVILLE JANAF SHOPPING CENTER EASTERN COMMUNITY VIRGINIA CENTER MEDICAL FAIRLAWN SCHOOL ELEMENTARY CEDAR GROVE HARRISON OPERA HOUSE BOWLINGPARK ELEMENTARY BLYDEN LIBRARY HEBREW JACOX FORT ELEMENTARY NORFOLK CHRYSLER ROBERTS MUSEUM PARK NATIONAL ELEMENTARY GUARD YOUNG PARK ARMORY ELEMENTARY INGLESIDE WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY MEMORIAL GARDENS BOOKERT. WASHINGTON MILITARY CIRCLE MALL HIGH NOAA SCOPE BASE LEIGH SENTARA HOSPITAL CHRYSLER HALL JORDAN-NEWBY LIBRARY GRANBY MUNICIPAL BUILDING TIDEWATER DOWNTOWN PARK TIDEWATER PLAZA ELEMENTARY COMMUNITY INTERSTATE CORPORATE COLLEGE CENTER WELLS THEATRE MacARTHUR CENTER NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY NAUTICUS RUFFNER MIDDLE POPLAR HALLS TOWN ELEMENTARY POINT PARK CITY HALL COMPLEX CHESTERFIELD HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY WATERSIDE GRANDY VILLAGE RECREATION HARBOR PARK CENTER EASTON PRESCHOOL RIVERSIDE CORPORATE CENTER Legend RIVERSIDE MEMORIAL BERKLEY COMMUNITY CENTER MAGNOLIA ST CAMPOSTELL HELENA ELMENTARY RECREACTION Water CENTER CAMPOSTELLA ELEMENTARY HARR C DOWNING MOUNT OLIVE BERKLEY/ LIBRARY BERKLEY CAMPOSTELLA EARLY CHILDHOOD COMMUNITY CENTER Street PARK TUCKER ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM Created by the Department of Information Technology, GIS Bureau. This map is intended for graphic purposes only. Date:August 2020 0 0.5 1 Miles 8.
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