Colonial National Historical Park


On May 13, 1607, Jamestown was established as the first permanent English settlement in North America. Three cultures came together – European, Virginia Indian and African–to create a new society that would eventually seek independence from Great Britain. On October 19, 1781, American and French troops defeated the British at Yorktown in the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War.

For an internet map search or GPS, use the following: Yorktown Battlefield Visitor Center, 1000 Colonial Parkway, Yorktown, Virginia 23690. Historic Jamestowne Visitor Center, 1368 Colonial Parkway, Jamestown, Virginia 23081.

  • Arts and Culture
  • Auto and ATV
  • Scenic Driving
  • Biking
  • Road Biking
  • Guided Tours
  • Self-Guided Tours - Walking
  • Junior Ranger Program

  • American Revolution
  • Burial, Cemetery and Gravesite
  • National Cemetery
  • Transportation
  • Roads, Routes and Highways
  • Wars and Conflicts
  • American Revolutionary War
  • Civil War
  • Animals
  • Birds
  • Fish

Yorktown Battlefield

Yorktown Battlefield

Reconstructed Revolutionary War Canon in Winter

Bikers at Entrance to Historic Jamestowne Tour Road

Bikers at Entrance to Historic Jamestowne Tour Road

Weekend Biking Near Tour Road

Historic Jamestowne Visitor Center

Historic Jamestowne Visitor Center

Volunteer Informing Visitors of Interpretive Programs

Bacon's Rebellion

Bacon's Rebellion

Living History Program

The Royal Artillery Living History Team Firing Yorktown Battlefield's 6 Pounder

The Royal Artillery Living History Team Firing Yorktown Battlefield's 6 Pounder

Living History Program

Yorktown National Cemetery

Yorktown National Cemetery

This site was selected in 1866 as a good cemetery location in the general vicinity of various Civil War battlefields and scenes of action related particularly to the Peninsular Campaign of 1862

Colonial Parkway

Colonial Parkway

The Colonial Parkway is a twenty-three mile scenic roadway stretching from the York River at Yorktown to the James River at Jamestown