The Newport News Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism (also known as Newport News Parks) is the government agency responsible for maintaining city parks and other sites of interest to tourists and the general population within the city of Newport News, Virginia.
Newport News Parks maintains eight historic sites within the city.
All of these historic sites (with the exception of the Victory Arch) were significant during the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War in 1862.
The department runs youth leagues for basketball, American football, soccer, indoor field hockey, and wrestling.
Leagues are also run for adults in basketball, flag football, softball, table tennis, and volleyball.