Appomattox River Trail: Ettrick/VSU Trailhead

Places of Interest Nearby

Petersburg station

Railway station

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Petersburg station is an Amtrak railroad station located in Ettrick, Virginia, just outside the city of Petersburg. The station, adjacent to the campus of Virginia State University, is served by five Amtrak routes: the Carolinian, Floridian, Northeast Regional, Palmetto, and Silver Meteor. Petersburg station is situated 4,200 feet north of Appomattox River Trail: Ettrick/VSU Trailhead.

Ettrick-Matoaca Library

Library

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Ettrick-Matoaca Library is situated 4,100 feet west of Appomattox River Trail: Ettrick/VSU Trailhead.

Places in the Area

Ettrick

Village

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Ettrick is a census-designated place in Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 7,241. The town is home to Virginia State University and the Petersburg Amtrak train station.

Petersburg

Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Petersburg is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,458 with a majority black American population.

Pocahontas Island

Neighborhood

Photo: Taber Andrew Bain, CC BY 2.0.

Pocahontas Island is a peninsula in Petersburg, Virginia, once on the opposite side of the Appomattox River from Petersburg. Since 1915 a new channel for the river separated it from Chesterfield County and the former channel no longer separates it from the city. Pocahontas Island is situated 1½ miles east of Appomattox River Trail: Ettrick/VSU Trailhead.

Appomattox River Trail: Ettrick/VSU Trailhead

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