COLONIAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
Colonial National Historical Park (NHP) administers two of the most historically significant sites in English North America. Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America in 1607, is administered jointly with the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, and Yorktown Battlefield, the final major battle of the American Revolutionary War in 1781.
These two sites represent the beginning and end of English colonial America. Situated on the Virginia Peninsula, these sites are connected by the 23 mile scenic Colonial Parkway. Colonial NHP also includes Green Spring, the 17th century plantation home of Virginia's colonial governor, Sir William Berkeley, and the Cape Henry Memorial, which marks the approximate site of the first landing of the Jamestown colonists in April of 1607.
Colonial NHP has a variety of natural resources including extensive wetlands, forest, fields, shorelines and streams, as well as rare, threatened and endangered plants and animals.
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Colonial National Historical Park is located near Gloucester, Hampton and Hayes
Deep Creek Landing Marina
450 Marina Ln
Newport News, VA
(757) 877-9555
T & M Bait & Tackle
936 Coach Trl
Newport News, VA
(757) 877-4009
Performance Lures
Newport News, VA
(757) 877-8831
Bay Charter Svc
210 Monticello Ct
Newport News, VA
(757) 591-9009
Bay Charter Service
Newport News, VA
(757) 591-9009
Grafton Fishing Supply
6429 George Washington Mem Hwy
Yorktown, VA
(757) 890-2100
Bishop Fishing Supply
1215 George Washington Mem # U
Yorktown, VA
(757) 591-9300
Regensburg Marine Inc
3140 Guinea Cir
Hayes, VA
(804) 642-9112
Williamsburg Plantation Resort
709 Middle Ground Blvd
Newport News, VA
(757) 223-0754
Kingsmill Resort
1010 Kingsmill Rd
Williamsburg, VA
(757) 253-1703
Holiday Inn Express Newprt Nws
16890 Warwick Blvd
Newport News, VA
(757) 887-3300
Williamsburg Plantation
7621 George Washington Me
Yorktown, VA
(757) 874-6422
Great Eastern Resorts
7621 George Washington Mem Hwy
Yorktown, VA
(757) 874-6422
Kings Creek Plantation
191 Cottage Cove LN
Williamsburg, VA
(757) 221-6760
Plane - To Park: From Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport (20 minutes from Yorktown), Norfolk International Airport (one hour east) and Richmond International Airport (one hour west) provide commercial air service.
Car - Colonial National Historical Park is located a short distance from Interstate 64 (I-64). Eastbound from the Richmond area via I-64, take Route 199, exit 242A for Jamestown or exit 242B for Yorktown, to the Colonial Parkway. Follow the parkway to its end. West bound Interstate 64 from the Virginia Beach/Norfolk/Hampton area for Yorktown should take Route 105 East (Fort Eustis Boulevard east), exit 250B to Route 17 (George Washington Memorial Highway). Turn left (North) onto Route 17. Follow the signs to the Yorktown Battlefield. Westbound Interstate 64 for Jamestown should take Route 199, exit 242A, to the Colonial Parkway following it to its end.
In Park: personal vehicles, bicycles (on paved surfaces only) and on foot. The Colonial Parkway (23 miles) connects the Yorktown and Jamestown units of the park
Public Transportation - AMTRAK has stations in Newport News and Williamsburg. Greyhound has commercial bus service to Newport News and Williamsburg. Rental cars and taxi service are available from all of these locations.
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