Okay Ladies- Ashlee Hansen and I both have visitors this week and next and compiled a list of things to do while they were in town. Here it is with cost and some general drive time.
Monpelier: $12 for adults. James Madison's Home. About and hour-and-a-half-drive.
Petersburg battlefields- FREE. about 45 minute drive. We started at the Eastern Front Visitor Center and then took the route to the 8 point siege exhibit. Then we went to Grant's Headquarters at City point, which has Grant's cabin and The appomattox plantation in Hopewell. This is right where the appomattox and James river meet so it's pretty cool. You can find the addresses I think on NPS.GOV.
Shenandoah- $15 entrance fee per car. we drove down some scenic road, did the visitors center and a couple of hikes to the waterfalls. about a 2 hour drive. Well worth it.
Luray Caverns- $20 per person. This was super cool but Bayles was WILD and we went through in like 20 minutes when the tour is supposed to take an hour. It's a self guided tour with those headphone things. About a 2 hour drive.
The Surry to Williamsburg or Williamsburg to Surry Ferry. FREE. The ferry leaves every half hour and you just drive your car right on it then it takes you across the river. I think its about a 30 minute ferry ride. You can just google Surry ferry and find the port or whatever. It takes about an hour-and-a-half to get to Surry or about 45 minutes to Williamsburg.
Belle Isle- FREE. Right here in Richmond.
Richmond Battlefields- FREE. These are pretty cool and closer than going down to Petersburg. But I think the Petersburg ones are a little better.
George Washington Birthplace- $4. 38 miles east of Fredricksburg. Cash or check only.
Hollywood Cemetery.- FREE. Right here in Richmond.
Maymont - FREE
Monument Avenue - FREE
D.C. Zoo - FREE
Monticello- $15 per person
Jamestown, Yorktown, and Williamsburg - $28 and we are doing it for 2 days the tickets are good for 5
Route 5 Plantation Homes in Williamsburg- FREE. This is a road with a bunch of different Plantation homes.
Inner Harbor aquarium in Baltimore-Tickets I think are $15 each
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Awesome! Visitors or no, I am going to be taking my little family to some of these. We just discovered Maymont last week - WOW! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThe Thomas Jefferson plantation is cool, and it is right here too (they also do tours inside it). As well as the canal boat ride in downtown Richmond.
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