• Colonial National Historical Park

    Colonial

    National Historical Park Virginia

Operating Hours & Seasons

The Historic Jamestowne Visitor Center and the Yorktown Battlefield Visitor Center are open daily from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. All park grounds close at sunset. The Park is closed on Thanksgiving Day, December 25 and January 1.

The Historic Jamestowne ENTRANCE GATE opens 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Daily. No entrance is permitted prior to 8:30 a.m. or after 4:30 p.m. When you pass beyond this gate you have entered a US Fee Area. GLASSHOUSE HOURS: Open 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

DailyFees are collected in our Visitor Center. For more information about our Fees and Reservations use this link.

Did You Know?

Foliage of teh Sassafras tree

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.