Directions to the Virginia Oyster Restoration Center and Oyster Farm

Virginia ORC at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)
1200 Franklin Rd
Gloucester Point, VA 23062

From I-64 on the Virginia Peninsula

• Take the Ft. Eustis Blvd. exit toward Yorktown (take a left onto Jefferson for just a few yards before immediately turning right onto Ft. Eustis Blvd.).
• Go about three miles and take a left on Rt. 17, also known as George Washington Memorial Highway.
• Cross the Coleman Bridge over the York River and pay a $2.00 toll.
• Take a right at the first traffic light after the toll booth (Lafayette Heights Dr.) then turn right on Greate Rd.
• Pass the VIMS campus, follow the road as it bends to the right under the Coleman Bridge.
• Stay on this road, and continue through the boat yard. There will be CBF signage instructing you where to park.

Oyster Farm

FROM HAMPTON AND POINTS SOUTH:

• Follow Interstate-64 west toward Williamsburg and Richmond to the Ft. Eustis Blvd. exit.
• Take Exit 250 (Yorktown) and turn left at the bottom of the ramp—take an immediate right onto Ft. Eustis Blvd and follow signs to Yorktown/Rt. 17.
• Proceed for approximately 3 miles to Rt. 17 and turn left (heading north).
• Continue on Rt. 17 North across the Coleman Bridge ($2 toll for passenger cars or EZPass).
• After crossing the bridge continue to Rt. 216/Guinea Road and turn right.
• Follow Rt. 216 for 3 miles and turn right onto Rt. 643, also called Mark Pine Road (Bena Post Office, C.B. Rowe and Sons Store across the street.
• Follow Rt. 643 for about a mile and turn right onto Little England Rd (Rt 642, very curvy and narrow).
• Follow Little England Rd. for about 1.5 miles to Oyster Cove Rd.
• Turn Right onto Oyster Cove Road (Note: just before this turn there is a farm field on right and a Bird Sanctuary sign on right).
• Follow the road until it turns 90 degrees to the left - after this curve proceed past three driveways and look for a Commonwealth of Virginia sign at the oyster farm entrance.
• Turn right into the entrance marked by the Commonwealth sign and go back toward the water. You will see a blue storage shed on the left once on the driveway.

FROM RICHMOND AND POINTS WEST:

• Follow I-64 East toward Hampton/Williamsburg.
• Take the exit for Ft Eustis Blvd - Yorktown (This will be the second Ft Eustis Blvd exit).
• Follow Ft Eustis Blvd to Rt 17 and turn left on 17 north.
• Continue on Rt. 17 North across Coleman Bridge over the York River ($2 toll for passenger cars or EZPass).
• Follow Rt. 216 for 3 miles and turn right onto Rt. 643, also called Mark Pine Road (Bena Post Office & C.B. Rowe and Sons Store is across the street.).
• Follow Rt. 643 for about a mile and turn right onto Little England Rd (Rt 642, very curvy and narrow).
• Follow Little England Rd. for about 1.5 miles to Oyster Cove Rd.
• Turn Right onto Oyster Cove Road (Note: just before this turn there is a farm field on right and a Bird Sanctuary sign on right).
• Follow the road until it turns 90 degrees to the left - after this curve proceed past three driveways and look for a Commonwealth of Virginia sign at the oyster farm entrance.
• Turn right into the entrance marked by the Commonwealth sign and go back toward the water. You will see a blue storage shed on the left once on the driveway.