Black Point
Black Point is a cape in James City, Virginia. Black Point is situated nearby to the neighborhood Gate House Farms, as well as near 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 Tercentennial Monument
Work of art
Photo: Fletcher6, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Jamestown Tercentennial Monument is an obelisk-shaped monument erected in Historic Jamestown in Jamestown, Virginia, commemorating the 300th anniversary of the Jamestown Colony. The monument was installed in 1907.
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 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.
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.
Black Point
- Type: Cape
- Description: cape in James City County, Virginia, United States of America
- Category: landform
- Location: James City, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.20299° or 37° 12′ 11″ northLongitude
-76.73499° or 76° 44′ 6″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87956738+52OpenStreetMap ID
node 7858230470OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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In Other Languages
“Black Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Black Point”
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