• Structure 17, Glassblowing and Island Drive

    Historic Jamestowne

    Part of Colonial National Historical Park Virginia

Directions

Park map showing the route from Williamsburg to Jamestown

Park map showing the route from Colonial Williamsburg to Jamestown

NPS Image

Situated on the banks of the James River, Jamestown is a short distance from many major roadways and highways. For a google map search or GPS, use the following address: 1368 Colonial Parkway, Jamestown, Virginia 23081.

FROM INTERSTATE 64 (I-64)

When traveling east or west on I-64 take exit 242A (Route 199 West). At the third stoplight, Jamestown Road, turn left. Follow Jamestown Road until you see the signs for Jamestown Settlement, a Virginia Living History Park and turn left. Follow the road around the Living History parking lot to the stop sign. Turn right onto the Colonial Parkway. About 100 yards down the road you will come to the entrance gate for Historic Jamestowne. Follow the road about a mile to our parking lot and Visitors Center. Welcome to Historic Jamestowne.

FROM WILLIAMSBURG

Take Jamestown Road, Route 31, south towards the James River. Turn left at the Jamestown Settlement sign (Rt 359) and follow the road around the parking lot until you come to the stop sign. Turn right onto the Colonial Parkway. Follow the parkway to the Historic Jamestowne Visitor Center (about one mile). Again, welcome to Historic Jamestowne.

FROM THE YORKTOWN AREA

Take the Colonial Parkway to Route 199 West. Follow 199 West until you come to Jamestown Road. Turn left onto Jamestown Road. Follow Jamestown Road until you see the signs for Jamestown Settlement. Turn left at the Jamestown Settlement sign (Rt 359) and follow the road around the parking lot until you come to the stop sign. Turn right onto the Colonial Parkway. Follow the parkway to the Historic Jamestowne Visitor Center (about one mile). Again, welcome to Historic Jamestowne.

Did You Know?

Dancers at the Chickahominy Fall Festival and Pow-Wow, 2010.

No Virginia Indian tribes have federal recognition.  The normal way – petitioning the Bureau of Indian Affairs – cannot be taken because of Walter Plecker’s "paper genocide" in the 1900s.  Since the 1990s, six of the state-recognized tribes have been trying to get it through an Act of Congress. More...