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About Onancock, VA

Onancock is a historic bayside town on Virginia's Eastern Shore, home to about 1,400 residents along Onancock Creek. Reach it via US Route 13 to Route 179 west, with most visitors coming from Norfolk (45 miles via the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel) or Maryland's Eastern Shore. The town maintains a passenger ferry service to Tangier Island that has operated for over a century.

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Onancock, VA is in United States, at 37.710, -75.743 - about 4 km north-west of Onley, VA.

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The closest airport to Onancock, VA is Norfolk International Airport, 116 km (about 1 h 45 min by car).

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