Side trip to Jamestown/Yorktown

Old May 9th, 2010, 08:19 PM
  #1  
Original Poster
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 19
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Side trip to Jamestown/Yorktown

Ill be spending a week in Va/DC and plan on taking a day to see the Jamestown Settlement and Yorktown. Could I do both sites in one day, leaving from Williamsburg in the morning??
Thanks for any suggestions
silver52900 is offline  
Old May 10th, 2010, 02:55 AM
  #2  
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 5,904
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Yes. Yorktown is an easy stop at the VC, drive/walk to the military sites type place. Jamestown had an ongoing archeological dig going on, glassblowers, etc. I would spend an hour or two in Yorktown, more in Jamestown unless military history is your passion.
emalloy is offline  
Old May 10th, 2010, 08:02 AM
  #3  
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 26,243
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
You should know that there are two Jamestown sites worth visiting -- here's a link describing them:

http://www.destination360.com/north-...inia/jamestown
sf7307 is offline  
Old May 11th, 2010, 12:44 PM
  #4  
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 1,584
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
There are also two Yorktown sites--

Yorktown Victory Center has a museum with a history of the Revolution, a military camp reenactment, and a colonial farm reenactment:
http://www.historyisfun.org/Yorktown-Victory-Center.htm

And the Yorktown Battlefield (run by the National Park Service) has a visitor's center:
http://www.nps.gov/york/planyourvisit/index.htm
DancingBearMD is offline  
Old May 11th, 2010, 01:40 PM
  #5  
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 26,243
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
The Yorktown Battlefield is incredible -- stirring -- even though you're just looking out at a vacant piece of land.
sf7307 is offline  
Related Topics
Thread
Original Poster
Forum
Replies
Last Post
brian_d_mielke
United States
5
Dec 13th, 2013 07:53 AM
ehovis
United States
49
Mar 31st, 2009 05:12 AM
offlady
United States
23
Jun 7th, 2006 08:01 AM
Barb
United States
13
Jul 31st, 2002 04:59 AM
MC
United States
6
May 2nd, 2002 11:55 AM

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are On


Thread Tools
Search this Thread

Contact Us - Manage Preferences - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information -