Jamestown Discovery Trail

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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.

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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