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In addition to extensive riverfront property, Norfolk has miles of bayfront resort property and beaches in the Willoughby Spit and Ocean View communities.

The City of Norfolk owns nine reservoirs: Lake Whitehurst, Little Creek Reservoir, Lake Lawson, Lake Smith, Lake Wright, Lake Burnt Mills, Western Branch Reservoir, Lake Prince and Lake Taylor. The Virginia tidewater area has grown quicklyer than the local freshwater supply. The river water has always been salty, and the fresh groundwater is no longer available in most areas. Currently, water for the tidewater area is pumped from Lake Gaston, which straddles the Virginia-North Carolina borderm along with the Blackwater and Nottoway rivers. The pipeline is 76 miles long and 60 inches in diameter. Much of its follows the former right-of-way of an left portion of the Virginian Railway. It is adept of pumping 60 1,000,000 gallons of water per day(60MGD), Virginia Beach and Chesapeake are partners in the project.

Norfolk has a humid subtropical weather with moderate changes of seasons. Spring arrives in March with mild days and cool nights, and by late May, the temperature has warmed up considerably to herald warm summer days. Summer temperatures can be unpleasantly hot, often topping 90° Fahrenheit with high humidity. On avg, July is the warmest month of the year, with the maximum avg precipitation. Days stay warm to mild until October, and fall is marked by nights once again becoming cooler. Winter is usually mild in Norfolk, with the coldest days featuring lows in the mid-upper 30s and highs in the upper 40s to low 50s. On avg, the coolest month of the year is January. Norfolk`s record high was 105° Fahrenheit on August 7, 1918, and record low was -3° Fahrenheit recorded in January 21, 1985. Snow falls every winter, averaging 7 inches per season.

Norfolk is located in the upper right quadrant, and east is at the top.

In 1971, Norfolk built the region`s first entertainment and sports complex, featuring Chrysler Hall and the 13,800-seat Norfolk Scope indoor arena, located in the Nern section of downtown. Norfolk Scope has served as a host venue for major events including the US Basketball Association`s All-Star Game in 1974, and the first and second NCAA Women`s Division I Basketball Championships (also known as the Women`s Final Four) in 1982 and 1983.

From 1970 to 1976, Norfolk served as home court (along with Hampton, Richmond and Roanoke) for the Virginia Squires regional professional basketball franchise of the now-defunct US Basketball Association (ABA). From 1970 to 1971, the Squires played their Norfolk home games at the Old Dominion University Fieldhouse. In Nov 1971, the Virginia Squires played their Norfolk home games at the new Norfolk Scope arena, until the team and the ABA league folded in May 1976.