Haystack Gut

Haystack Gut is an inlet in Surry, Virginia. Haystack Gut is situated nearby to the hamlet Mount Pleasant, as well as near the village Scotland.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Historic Jamestown and Pleasant Point.

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. Historic Jamestown is situated 2 miles northeast of Haystack Gut.

Pleasant Point

Historic house

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Pleasant Point, also known as Crouches Creek Plantation, is a historic home located near Scotland, Surry County, Virginia. It was built about 1724, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, double pile frame dwelling with brick ends. Pleasant Point is situated 2½ miles southeast of Haystack Gut.

Smith’s Fort Plantation

Historic site

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Smith's Fort Plantation is a house and parcel of land located in Surry County, Virginia, United States. The current main house on the property, also known as the Faulcon House, dates from about 1765. Smith’s Fort Plantation is situated 2 miles south of Haystack Gut.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Scotland and Jamestown.

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.

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. Jamestown is situated 2 miles northeast of Haystack Gut.

Surry

Village

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Surry is an incorporated town in Surry County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Surry had a population of 208. It is the county seat of Surry County. Its name is derived from the county of Surrey in England. Surry is situated 4 miles south of Haystack Gut.

Haystack Gut

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

37.1932° or 37° 11′ 36″ north

Longitude

-76.80829° or 76° 48′ 30″ west

Elevation

49 feet (15 metres)

Open location code

879555VR+7M

GeoNames ID

4763490

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