Back River

Back River is an inlet in James City, Virginia. Back River is situated nearby to the locality Jamestown, as well as near the neighborhood Powhatan Shores.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Historic Jamestown and Pitch and Tar Swamp.

Historic Jamestown

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Historic Jamestowne is the cultural heritage site that was the location of the 1607 James Fort and the later 17th-century town of Jamestown in America.

Jamestown Settlement

Museum

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Jamestown Settlement is a living history museum operated by the Commonwealth of Virginia, created in 1957 as Jamestown Festival Park for the 350th anniversary celebration.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jamestown and Scotland.

Jamestown

Locality

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The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located, in what later became James City County, on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi southwest of present-day Williamsburg.

Scotland

Village

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Scotland also known as Scotland Wharf is a census-designated place in Surry County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Scotland had a population of 153. Scotland is situated 2½ miles southwest of Back River.

Williamsburg

Photo: Humberto Moreno, CC BY 4.0.

Williamsburg is a city in southeast Virginia. Settled in 1632, it was the capital of Virginia from 1699 to 1779 and in 1926, John D. Rockefeller Jr commissioned a restoration project to bring Williamsburg back to its former colonial glory.

Back River

Type: Inlet
Category: body of water
Location: James City, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.21404° or 37° 12′ 51″ north

Longitude

-76.76996° or 76° 46′ 12″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Open location code

8795667J+J2

GeoNames ID

4745177

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