HIKES & EVENTS
1st Sunday Breakfast and Hike
Hiking/Walk
DATE: Apr 01, 2018
END DATE: Apr 01, 2018
Hike/Event Location: Petersburg VA
Trip Leader(s)
TrailGuyEric
Chesterfield, VA United States
Meeting Time: 10:00 AM
Max # People: 15
Hike Guiding / Event Fee: No, I will not be asking participants for money
Hike Difficulty Level:
Moderate
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Summary
Breakfast at 8:30 a.m. IHOP, 12251 Bermuda Crossroad Ln, Chester, VA 23831
Hike at 10:00 a.m. Petersburg Battlefield, https://www.nps.gov/pete/index.htm
Come join us for a great hike and history tour of one of the great Civil War battlefields with pleasant hiking trails and informational Civil war Points of Interest, including the iconic Crater, Point of Interest (PoI) #8 on the GIF map file).
We’ll start at the Visitor’s Center and spend 20-30 minutes time there soaking up the history. We’ll drive to PoI #3 where we’ll leave our cars and hike towards PoI #4, PoI #6 and then PoI #7. We’ll then loop back to our cars and drive to the crater, walk around the crater and the mineshaft and then exit.
Total hiking is about 6 miles and approximately 3-3.5 hours. There is no fee for this park.
For those interested, we can have lunch in downtown Historic Petersburg, VA. (Trapezium Brewing Co or Saucy’s Sit-Down BBQ are just a couple).
Bring some water and a snack. And comfortable walking shoes. And bug spray for ticks.
Directions To Trailhead Parking Lot
5001 Siege Road Petersburg, VA For GPS users enter 37 14' 37.87" N, 77 21' 24.87" W
From I-95 & I-85: Take the Wythe Street (Rt. 36 east) exit.[From south bound I-95 this is Exit 52; From northbound I-95 this is Exit 50 D; and from north bound I-85 this is Exit 69] Turn onto this one-way road and follow it 2.5 miles to the park entrance on the right. From 295: Take exit 9B onto Rt. 36 west to park entrance on the right just past Fort Lee.
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