Description: Daytrip to Urbanna and Rosewell Plantation

Location:  Urbanna, VA & Gloucester, VA

Cost: Free and open to the public

Contact: Florence Womacks, flohrdshutterbug@gmail.com

Established by an Act of Assembly at Jamestown in 1680, Urbanna, Virginia is
one of the nation ’ s oldest towns. And, with a land mass of less than half a
square mile, it ’ s also one of its smallest. Located on a sheltered, deep-water
creek on a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay, Urbanna ’ s history, economy,
ecology and culture ebb and flow with the waters that surround her.

Plan to meet Flo Womacks at 45 Cross St (State Route 1005) , Urbanna, VA 23175  around 9am. If you would like to come ahead and try for sunrise that's perfectly fine too.

Explore Urbanna for a few hours and then plan to meet for lunch around noon at the Virginia Street Cafe (201 Virginia Street) Lunch will be from noon-1:30 p.m.  I will be able to provide a copy of the menu prior to the day of the trip.

For those who wish to stay in Urbanna, again perfectly fine.

For those who wish to venture off somewhere else; some of us are planning to go to the Rosewell Plantation.  It's about a 40 minute drive from Urbanna.

Directions are below

 

Rosewell Plantation

 

 The site is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and on Sunday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Winter hours are subject to change.

Admission is $4 for adults, children 6 through 12 - $2.00. Student Time Travelers - 1/2 price. Children 5 & under - free.

 

THE WAY TO ROSEWELL:

 

From Route 17 at White Marsh, turn west onto Route 614 (Hickory Fork Rd.) at the Wawa store. Go about 2 miles and turn left onto Route 632 (Aberdeen Creek Rd.). Continue about 1.5 miles. At the "Y" in the road, bear left onto Route 644. Go .3 miles and bear left onto the unpaved Old Rosewell Lane. The Visitor Center is ahead on the left.