Visiting the Lab
JLab is located in Newport News, Virginia. Newport News, with a population of 150,000, is located between Williamsburg and Norfolk/Virginia Beach on the Southeastern coast of Virginia between the deep-channeled James and York Rivers and the Chesapeake Bay known as Hampton Roads. It is part of the Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News Metropolitan area, the 28th largest market in the United States and the largest between Washington, D.C. and Atlanta, Georgia.
Often you will hear the Newport News area identified as the Peninsula. The Peninsula is actually a geographic designation that encompasses the cities of Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson and Williamsburg as well as James City County and York County. A detailed area map is available from the User Liaison office located in room L111 of CEBAF Center or by calling (757) 269-6388. A good source of listings of regional events, shopping areas and other general information concerning the Newport News area is the HamptonRoads.com.