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Petersburg National Battlefield Park is the site of an important battle in the American Civil War. There is a visitor's center and multiple exhibitions on the site for visitors to learn more about the battle site.

Petersburg National Battlefield Park is the site of an important battle in the American Civil War. There is a visitor's center and multiple exhibitions on the site for visitors to learn more about the battle site.

The Citie of Henricus was the second English settlement in North America after Jamestown. A living history museum is at the site now, for which there is an admission fee. Some period-accurate buildings have been reconstructed and there are educational programs.

Nearby is a collection of wrecked boats known as the Barge Graveyard. These barges and tugboats were used to harvest and transport sand and gravel, which was mined by private companies from the 1920s to the 1960s. Many of these abandoned boats have morphed into small islands. They are best viewed up close by canoe or kayak, but may also be glimpsed from land.

This is a good location from which to view wildlife such as muskrats, beavers, and many varieties of birds. Great blue herons are particularly common since they have a rookery on the property.

South of Richmond is the Dutch Gap Conservation Area. Here you can take a beautiful hike along the marine lagoon of the James River. You can see marshes filled with birds of all species.

At the Visitor Center of the Petersburg National Battlefields you can visit Battery 5 of the former defensive ring. Other stations such as trenches, forts or "the crater" are usually visited by car. The latter is particularly impressive. Union soldiers dug a mine over 500 feet below the Confederate lines and successfully detonated it. But they didn't use the gap to break through, but marveled at the huge crater