• Distance : 0.10
• Attraction : Road

Let's head into the Jamestown Glasshouse area.

• Distance : 0.32
• Attraction : Historic Reconstruction

This area is a replica of what officials think the actual glasshouses were like.

• Distance : 0.52
• Attraction : Sign

Since the island was originally isolated by water on all sides, the settlers needed an efficient method to allow travel from the island to the “mainland”.

• Distance : 0.24
• Attraction : Historic Site

Due to the drastic events of last year and this year, the National Park Service has unfortunately kept the Island Sites closed to the general public.

• Distance : 0.15
• Attraction : Sign

In 1619, African individuals landed at Jamestown for the first time.

• Distance : 0.51
• Attraction : Road

Follow the loop to your right, and keep going!

• Distance : 0.36
• Attraction : Road

You are almost at the next landmark.

• Distance : 0.14
• Attraction : Historic Site

Since Jamestown was a peninsula on the water, the Confederate army used the island and surrounding areas as defense against Union troops who were campaigning towards Richmond in 1861.

• Distance : 0.22
• Attraction : Sign

The sign and pull-off to your right discusses the changes that have occurred over the peninsula’s 100,000 year existence.

• Distance : 0.43
• Attraction : Road

Alright! Let’s head right, and continue onwards!

• Distance : 0.57
• Attraction : Sign

To your left is some information discussing how the colonial settlers used the fertile soil around the peninsula to plant tobacco, as well as other “cash crops”.

• Distance : 0.10
• Attraction : Road

Up ahead to your right is Black Point, which has information about the wildlife that inhabits this landmark, as well as some background about the landmark itself.

• Distance : 0.07
• Attraction : Sign

The surrounding area is known as Black Point. As you can see on the following signs, Bald Eagles and the Native Americans coexisted with one another around these parts for thousands of years.

• Distance : 0.02
• Attraction : Waterfront

This mini-trail makes its way all the way to the water, so feel free to look around, and once you are ready to move on, come back to the pull off and make your way down the road.

• Distance : 0.19
• Attraction : Road

We will now make our way to another pull off that talks about the colonial European planters of Jamestown.

• Distance : 0.28
• Attraction : Sign

As we pull in on our left, there is a sign that mentions planters at and around Jamestown.

• Distance : 0.10
• Attraction : Sign

The Travis family, as well as the Ambler family, were the dominant owners of the island during the last couple of centuries.

• Distance : 0.12
• Attraction : Historic Site

Up ahead lies three members of the Travis family from a few centuries ago.

• Distance : 2.84
• Attraction : Road

Thank you so much for joining me on this tour of Jamestown Island!