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 Jamestown is the cultural heritage site that was the location of the 1607 James Fort and the later 17th-century town of Jamestown in America. It is located on Jamestown Island, on the James River at Jamestown, Virginia, and operated as a partnership between Preservation Virginia and the U.S. National Park Service as part of Colonial National Historical Park.
Jamestown Settlement
Museum
Photo: Warfieldian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It was located on the northeast bank of the James River, about 2.5 mi southwest of present-day Williamsburg.
Scotland
Village
Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.21404° or 37° 12′ 51″ northLongitude
-76.76996° or 76° 46′ 12″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
8795667J+J2GeoNames ID
4745177
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