Jamestown Discovery Trail

Jamestown Discovery Trail

In 2000 "The James River Plantations - Charles City County, Virginia" created the the Jamestown Discovery Trail as a heritage trail to provide visitors with a meaningful route forward in direction, but back in time, to Jamestown, Virginia. The trail begins at the junction of Interstate 295 (Virginia) and Virginia State Route 5 in Henrico County and continues on Virginia Route 5 through Charles City County and into James City County. In James City County the trail continues on Greensprings Road and culminates at the terminus of the Colonial Parkway at Jamestown Island.

The Jamestown Discovery Trail incorporates open-to-the-public historic sites designated as official sites of the trail by "The James River Plantations - Charles City County, Virginia" and public parks designated as official sites of the trail, as well as state and local historic highway markers located along the trail. Collectively the historic sites, public parks and historic highway markers provide visitors with the historical legacy of the establishment of Jamestown in 1607. In 2006 "Jamestown 2007 Discovery Trail" markers were installed along the Jamestown Discovery Trail by the Virginia Department of Transportation.

Trail markers

*Historic Sites and Historic Highway Markers - Beginning at Interstate 295 heading toward Jamestown Island
*Historic Highway Marker - Pocahontas
*Historic Highway Marker - Henrico Town
*Historic Highway Marker - Proposed First University in English America
*Historic Highway Marker - Marker Varina
*Historic Highway Marker - Battle of New Market Heights
*Historic Highway Marker - Marker New Market Road
*Public Park - Deep Bottom Park, County of Henrico
*Historic Highway Marker - Nathaniel Bacon
*Historic Highway Marker - Curles Neck & Bremo
*Historic Highway Marker - Turkey Island
*Historic Highway Marker - Engagement at Malvern Cliffs
*Historic Site - Richmond National Battlefield Park
*Historic Highway Marker - Malvern Hill
*Historic Highway Marker - Scene of Jefferson's Wedding
*Historic Highway Marker - Wayside and Granville
*Historic Highway Marker - Shirley Plantation
*Historic Site - Edgewood Plantation and Harrison's Mill
*Historic Site and Historic Highway Marker - Berkeley Plantation
*Historic Site and Historic Highway Marker - Westover Plantation
*Historic Highway Marker - Herring Creek and Kimages
*Historic Highway Marker - Salem Church
*Historic Highway Marker - Evelynton Plantation
*Historic Highway Marker - Grant's Crossing
*Historic Highway Marker - Swineyards and Willcox Wharf
*Public Park - Park Lawrence Lewis, Jr. Park, Charles City County
*Historic Highway Marker - Greenway, Birthplace of John Tyler
*Historic Highway Marker - Charles City Court House and Charles City County Center for Local History
*Historic Site - Belle Air Plantation
*Historic Site and Historic Highway Marker - Piney Grove at Southall's Plantation
*Historic Highway Marker - Court House and New Hope
*Historic Site and Historic Highway Marker - North Bend Plantation
*Historic Highway Marker - Kittiewan and Dr. Rickman
*Historic Highway Marker - Upper Weyanoke
*Historic Highway Marker - Parrish Hill and Weyanoke
*Historic Site and Historic Highway Marker - Sherwood Forest Plantation
*Historic Highway Marker - Kennon's and Sturgeon Point
*Historic Highway Marker - Kennon's Landing
*Historic Highway Marker - Sherwood Forest - President Tyler's Home
*Historic Highway Marker - Sandy Point and Cherry Hall
*Historic Highway Marker - Piney Grove and E.A. Saunders
*Public Park - Chickahominy Riverfront Park, James City County
*Historic Highway Marker - Battle of Greensprings
*Historic Highway Marker - First Africans in English America
*Public Park - Jamestown Settlement
*Historic Site - Jamestown National Historic Site

ee also

*James River plantations

External links

* [http://www.jamesriverplantations.com/jamestown_discovery_trail.htm/ Jamestown Discovery Trail - Official Site]
* [http://www.virginia.org/site/features.asp?FeatureID=129/ Jamestown Discovery Trail - Virginia Tourism Corporation]


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