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Q.  My family is planning a vacation to Colonial Williamsburg.  How far away is Colonial National Historical Park and is there public transportation available to the park?

A.  Colonial Williamsburg is located 10 miles east of Historic Jamestowne and 13 miles west of Yorktown Battlefield.  The three historic sites are connected by the Colonial Parkway. 

The Historic Triangle Shuttle provides service to Jamestown and Yorktown from the Colonial Williamsburg Visitor Center.  The service is available every 30 minutes between 9:00 a.m and 3:30 p.m. from April 1 to October 31.

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Foliage of teh Sassafras tree

Did You Know?
The botanical sassafras is a deciduous tree in the family Lauraceae, native to eastern North America and eastern Asia. In the 17th century it was worth its weight in gold as a medicinal plant and was an early Jamestown export. Sassafras has been used in the manufacture of Root Beer.
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