Scotland, Virginia

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Pocahontas bound for Scotland in Surry County is seen leaving Glasshouse Point at Jamestown, is one of four ferryboats operating the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry service on the James River. VDOT promotional photo

Scotland (also known as Scotland Wharf) is an unincorporated community in Surry County, Virginia. It is located on State Route 31 (the John Rolfe Highway). Scotland is the location of the southern terminal and headquarters of the Jamestown Ferry, a service across the James River which is operated by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT).

Many visitors to Virginia's Historic Triangle of Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown arriving by automobile or tour bus choose to approach the colonial attractions via Scotland and the ferry service. This avoids traffic approaching Jamestown from the north via the Colonial Parkway and SR-31.

However, another advantage of boarding the ferry at Scotland and sailing for Jamestown is that the ferry route across the river travels slightly upstream, approaching and viewing Jamestown Island by water, much as the original colonists may have when they arrived in 1607. Replicas of the Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery are docked near the northern ferry terminus at Glasshouse Point in James City County, and also can been seen from the ferry was it approaches the dock.