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Map of Jamestown Island in Colonial National Historical Park in Virginia. The James River, shown in blue, fills the lower left third of the map and the Back River curves across the top right corner. Most of Jamestown Island is shown shaded in green except one wedge, which is paler green and represents the Preservation Virginia boundary.

Extended Description

Colonial Parkway enters the map from the top edge in the upper left quadrant. Text indicates that it continues “To Glasshouse, ferry, Williamsburg, and Yorktown” off the top edge and “To Island Drive” off the bottom edge. A parking lot, picnic area, and Visitor Center, which has restrooms and wheelchair access, are just south of the parkway at the top middle of the map. A gray square made with dotted lines represents the archaeological remains of Governor Yeardley property south of the visitor center.

A footbridge crosses a Pitch and Tar Swamp and connects the visitor center to a group of sites around a circuit of walkways. The footbridge arrives first at the obelisk-shaped Tercentenary Monument, which is a square column with a pointed top. Traveling clockwise around the circuit is a loop leading to the archaeological remains of Governor Harvey House (later, Gov. Berkeley) and Governor Harvey Property (Industrial area), and the re-created foundations of Swann’s Tavern. Back on the main route are the recreated foundations of Rowhouse, Amber Mansion Ruins, Pierce Properties, and May-Hartwell House. Along the southern side of the circuit are the archaeological remains of Jackson House, re-created foundations of Merchant Rowhouse, Marable House/Workshop, and remains of Bland Warehouse.

Sites in the paler green wedge near Old Towne include Memorial Church, Pocahontas Statue, John Smith Statue, Dale House Café, which has restrooms, food service, and wheelchair access. Northwest of here are the archaeological remains of the State House, the modern Voorhees Archaearium, which has restrooms and wheelchair access, and the Research Center (no public access).

Legend

Four symbols represent Restrooms, Picnic area, Food service, and Wheelchair-accessible over a legend that reads as follows:

Brown outline for Re-created foundations,

Gray dotted line and gray text for 1600s archaeological remains, and

Yellow line for Walkway.

A scale below measures distances of 0.1 kilometers and 0.1 miles.