Kiptopeke State Park
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Kiptopeke State Park is a state park
located in the southern end of the Eastern Shore of Virginia
. From 1949, the site was owned by the Virginia Ferry Corporation
and used through 1964 as the northern terminus for the Little Creek-Cape Charles Ferry service. The park has a number of recreational amenities, including yurt
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State park
State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the federated state level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision. State parks are typically established by a state to preserve a location on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, or recreational...
located in the southern end of the Eastern Shore of Virginia
Eastern Shore of Virginia
The Eastern Shore of Virginia consists of two counties on the Atlantic coast of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The region is part of the Delmarva Peninsula and is separated from the rest of Virginia by the Chesapeake Bay. Its population was 45,553 as of 2010...
. From 1949, the site was owned by the Virginia Ferry Corporation
Little Creek Ferry
The Little Creek-Cape Charles Ferry was a passenger ferry service operating across the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay from the 1930s until 1964. Known also as the Princess Anne-Kiptopeke Beach Ferry or Little Creek-Kiptopeke Beach Ferry, the service connected Virginia Beach, Virginia with Cape...
and used through 1964 as the northern terminus for the Little Creek-Cape Charles Ferry service. The park has a number of recreational amenities, including yurt
Yurt
A yurt is a portable, bent wood-framed dwelling structure traditionally used by Turkic nomads in the steppes of Central Asia. The structure comprises a crown or compression wheel usually steam bent, supported by roof ribs which are bent down at the end where they meet the lattice wall...
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