New York & the Mid-Atlantic Trips 2 - Full PDF eBook

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The Walk » This walk is easy – you’re already on

Gambles Hill.

Gambles Hill

Gambles Hill is the park area

immediately surrounding the Virginia

War Memorial. There are great views

over both the James River and downtown

Richmond, depending on where on the

hill you’re standing. The west side of

the hill towards Belvidere St is a pretty

residential neighborhood of brightly

colored townhouses.

The Walk » Take Spring St to Cherry St, then

turn right and walk a block to the cemetery

entrance.

Hollywood Cemetery

Tranquil Hollywood Cemetery

(hollywoodcemetery.org; entrance cnr

Albemarle & Cherry Sts; h8am-5pm, to 6pm

summer), perched above the James

River rapids, contains the gravesites

of two US presidents (James Monroe

and John Tyler), the only Confederate

president (Jefferson Davis) and 18,000

Confederate soldiers. Free walking

tours are given at 10am, Monday

through Saturday.

The Walk » Head towards James River (turn

right out of the cemetery entrance you came in at)

and walk towards Oregon Hill Parkway. Take the

Parkway back toward the war memorial, then take

one of the paths down the hill to Tredegar St, from

where you can access a bridge to Belle Isle.

Belle Isle

A cute pedestrian bridge opens up Belle

Isle (%804-646-8911; http://www.jamesriverpark.

org) to exploration. Once a quarry,

power plant and POW camp during the

Civil War (though never all at once),

today this is one of Richmond’s finest

city parks. Big flat rocks are lovely for

sunbathing, and hiking and biking

trails abound. That said – don’t swim

in the James River. It’s polluted and the

currents are treacherous.

The Walk » From Belle Isle, cross back over the

pedestrian bridge and walk back along the James

River on Tredegar St toward Brown’s Island; turn

left on S 10th St to reach Capitol Square.