HISTORICAL ATTRACTIONS / NATURAL HISTORY

Historic Parks

Crump Park & Meadow Farm Museum
3400 Mountain Road
Glen Allen 804-501-5520
www.co.henrico.va.us/rec/recreation-centers-facilities/meadowfarm.html
This living history museum has costumed guides who tell stories and demonstrate the activities of everyday life in the 1800s.

Henricus Park & Citie of Henricus
601 Coxendale Road
Chesterfield 804-706-1340
www.henricus.org
As a partially reproduced 1600s town along the James River, Henricus was established in 1611 by Jamestown’s London Company.

Natural Bridge
Lexington 800-533-1410
www.naturalbridgeva.com
More than 100 million years old, the bridge is one of the world’s seven natural wonders and located in the Shenandoah Valley.

Petersburg National Battlefield Park
1539 Hickory Hill Road
Petersburg 804-732-3531
www.nps.gov/pete
Located at the site of the famous Battle of the Crater, the park features General Ulysses S. Grant’s winter headquarters.

Richmond National
Battlefield Park
3215 E. Broad Street
Richmond 804-226-1981
www.nps.gov/rich
Preserved battlefields mark the sites where the Union repeatedly tried to capture the city. Richmond was the Confederate capital between 1861 and 1865.

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