Discovery
Discovery is a ship in James City, Virginia. Discovery is situated nearby to the ship Godspeed, as well as near Susan Constant.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jamestown Settlement and Historic Jamestown.
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. Jamestown Settlement is situated 1,500 feet northeast of Discovery.
Historic Jamestown
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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. Historic Jamestown is situated 1 mile southeast of Discovery.
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. Jamestown Tercentennial Monument is situated 1 mile southeast of Discovery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jamestown and Scotland.
Jamestown
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 south of Discovery.
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.
Discovery
- Type: Ship
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: James City, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.22183° or 37° 13′ 19″ northLongitude
-76.78791° or 76° 47′ 17″ westOpen location code
879566C6+PROpenStreetMap ID
node 3678120252OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ship
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