Just a mile south of "The Contemporary Castle" is the Little Island Recreation Park built around an old Coast Guard Station and situated directly on the Atlantic. The park offers lighted tennis and basketball courts, a playground, covered picnic pavillions, snack bar, two new bath houses with showers, a newly remodeled fishing pier, and a lifeguard-protected beach. Also, there is a station where you can board an electric tram that will transport you to the adjacent Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge. This 13,000 acre refuge surrounds the community of Sandbridge Beach and offers visitors to experience a wild coastal territory teeming with wildlife...swan, snow geese, Canadian geese, many species of ducks, deer, wild boar...even wild horses.
For the golfers, a one mile drive places you at the Hell's Point Golf Course, a highly ranked challenging course surrouned, too, by the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge. And, within another 20 minutes are the Heron's Ridge Golf Course and the Virginia Beach TPC.
Within a mile is the Seaside Market and two fine seafood restaurants, The Baja and Margie and Ray's. Additionally, Dana Blanton at Margie and Rays will provide in-house catering of any or all meals for our guests at "The Contemporary Castle" if you choose, or she'll be glad to deliver party trays for any occasion, or perhaps you'd like a bushel of steamed crabs...she aims to please.
A major shopping area is about three miles away providing every thing you may need...a 24 hour Walmart, Eckert Drug, Home Depot, Regal Theaters, Outback Steak, Golden Corral, Wendy's, Sonic, Red Robin, plus local favorites like The Tiki, Lucky Oyster, Atlas Diner and others.
A twenty minute drive places you at the Virginia Beach Resort District where all the major hotels line the Boardwalk area and there are numerous restaurants, bars and clubs that support the lively nightlife scene. Nearby is the Virginia Aquarium, Ocean Breeze Water Park ( with 13 slides and a million-gallon wave pool), Rudee Inlet Sport Fishing Center and Marina as well as museums and other cultural activities.
An hour away is historic Williamsburg and Jamestown as well as Busch Gardens and Water Country USA. Obviously, your choice of activities is quite broad while visiting Sandbridge Beach...maybe that's why so many of our guests keep coming back year after year! |