Eastern Shore of Virginia Welcome Center

We were traveling north, so this stop just past the 17 mile long bridge tunnel was a perfect stop. The parking lot is very big and I suspect it is never full. On the north end there is lots of truck parking RV’s park more to the south by the welcome center. We ran our generator till about 10pm.

I wish there were more overnight stops like this.

Spent Saturday night here as a quick stop before heading to the Outer Banks. It’s right next to the entrance to the bridge / tunnel but was quiet and peaceful. Felt very safe. Plenty of grass for the pups. It’s a huge parking lot and it was empty except for a semi truck and a few RVs. We were able to stream Netflix with no issues. Would stay again!

Clean and not too noisy overnight spot.

We prefer to get off of I95 and travel Delmarva Rt 13 and have enjoyed several of the state parks along the route. This was our first overnight at the welcome center. Large parking lot with some truck and traffic noise, but not bad.

Go around welcome center and park along rear edge of parking lot where there are picnic tables and shade trees.

We came from the north and just before we entered we saw a sign that said "No Trailers." We turned in anyway, and finally figured out that the sign was for the left hand lanes of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel toll booth, not the Welcome Center. Unfortunately the National Wildlife Refuge was closed because it was hunting season, but we were directed to Kiptopeke State Park just three miles up the road. We spent a wonderful afternoon there exploring the park on our bikes. The rest area was great, with typical but not annoying noise you would expect.

Nice place to overnight before or after using the Bridge Tunnel. It is quieter than most rest stops. There is a lot of extra room that let us pull up to the curb and put slides out without danger. Picnic tables and grass areas. Best of all there is an actual wildlife and park connected to it. There is a butterfly garden, and some fortifications from harbor defense during WWII including a huge naval gun. It connects to a Nature conservancy area with a boat ramp and kayak launch area and miles of walking paths. You might want to plan on 2 days so you can enjoy the park.

After reading the reviews I decided to stay here for 2 nights. I went in the welcome center and asked if it was OK to spend the night. They had no clue. They said camping wasn't allowed. They gave me the number to call the CBBT police who are in charge of the parking. At first he said there was no overnight parking allowed( I did not see any signs prohibiting overnight parking), he then put me on hold to ask his chief. Chief said it was OK but I could not hook up. I only asked to park overnight! I was thinking of unhooking to go into town to patronize a restaurant but not now.
How ever there is free open WiFi that measured 12Mbps!
There are bathrooms that are clean and open 24 hours.

From the north, we didn’t see the entry before tolls and we paid 22$. But we received a refund at the building administration when we explained that we would stay for the night.
Little trail are available and they are full of butterflies, really beautiful.
Arrive early in the afternoon because have many truckers in the parking at night.