Why is Cape Charles the Perfect Getaway?

No shopping malls, noisy traffic jams, or traffic lights!  Cape Charles is a resort town, where golf carts ride on the street and kayakers pull up on the beach. Since Cape Charles is located on the western coast of the Eastern Shore, the sun sets on the water every night displaying incredible visions of oranges, purples, and blues. The nights are calm and peaceful with star glittered skies and sounds of nature.  We are unique in that we offer a secluded, not isolated, piece of paradise.  The Bay Creek Golf and Marina Resort envelopes our Historic Victorian Town bringing a world class marina on the north side and Palmer and Nicklaus Signature Golf Courses on the south side.

Historic Cape Charles

Cape Charles is a historic Victorian town thriving in new development and the town of Cape Charles is included in the National Register of Historical Places. As you’ll see on the residential streets of town, some original homes remain from the late 1800’s and display beautiful Eastern Shore architecture.

Mason Avenue serves as the town’s “main street” because it’s lined with shops, eateries, novelty shops, day spa, and the elegantly restored Palace Theatre which is a part of the town's rich history. The Town is 7 blocks by 7 blocks. East-west streets are named after Virginia statesmen, and north-south streets after fruits.

A Shore Story

Historically, the town was one of many small, scattered agricultural communities on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Around the 1880’s, it became a bustling town as patronage flourished from the newly established railroad business (the rails were extended from Pocomoke, Maryland in 1884). Then, Cape Charles hosted daily trains from New York, multiple passenger steamer boats, and was a loading point for cargo headed over the 36-mile Chesapeake Bay waters to Norfolk, Virginia.

The town thrived through the booming railroad age, through World War II ferrying supplies and troops, and popular through the 1950’s as an auto ferry until the ferry was moved south to Kiptopeke until the opening of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel in 1964.

We welcome you to Cape Charles and look forward to your visit!