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Explore Pleasant Point
Pleasant Point in Surry County (Virginia) is a city in United States about 120 mi (or 193 km) south of Washington DC, the country's capital.
Local time in Pleasant Point is now 10:34 AM (Saturday). The local timezone is named America / New York with an UTC offset of -4 hours. We know of 8 airports in the vicinity of Pleasant Point, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United States is Newport News Williamsburg International Airport in a distance of 16 mi (or 26 km), East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There is one Unesco world heritage site nearby. It's Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville in a distance of 71 mi (or 114 km), North-West. Also, if you like golfing, there are multiple options in driving distance. We found 2 points of interest in the vicinity of this place. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Surry, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Isle of Wight and Yorktown. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 17°C / 62 °F
Morning Temperature | 14°C / 57 °F |
Evening Temperature | 15°C / 59 °F |
Night Temperature | 10°C / 51 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 38% |
Air Pressure | 1028 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from South |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 99% of sky |
General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Saturday, 2nd of November 2024
17°C (63 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Broken clouds, light breeze.
Sunday, 3rd of November 2024
18°C (64 °F)
15°C (59 °F)
Overcast clouds, light breeze.
Monday, 4th of November 2024
21°C (70 °F)
18°C (65 °F)
Few clouds, gentle breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Colonial Gardens Bed & Breakfast
WEDMORE PLACE
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Senior curator discussing artifacts from Jamestown's first well
Beverly "Bly" Straube, the senior curator with the Jamestown Rediscovery archaeological project, reviews some of finds from James Fort's first well. These artifacts and many thousands more...
Confederate Civil War Fort Excavation: Fort Pocahontas on Jamestown Island in Virginia
During the summer of 2011 students along with archaeologists from the Jamestown Rediscovery Project began excavations into a section of a Civil War bombproof or sub-terrarium munitions magazine.
Jamestown heals a broken heart (ring)
Copper alloy Jesuit ring found in the vicinity of James Fort on Jamestown Island in Virginia. Watch as this object undergoes conservation in the Jamestown Rediscovery lab. If you are interested...
Amazing discovery!!! from the bottom of a well at Jamestown
In 2006 archaeologists working with the Jamestown Rediscovery project unearthed this nearly complete halberd or ceremonial polearm from the bottom of a square well. Fortunately for us this...
Close Helmet excavation Jamestown
This 400 year old close helmet was found in a cellar along James Fort's eastern palisade wall. The following film documents some of the final stages of conservation on this helmet. Watch as...
Iron Conservation at Jamestown
An in depth look at iron conservation with a Jamestown Rediscovery archaeologist.
Jamestown Virginia's Early Church Revealed
A full year of archaeology (2010-2011) has lead to the discovery of fourteen major structural postholes that once supported the framework to the first substantial church built at Jamestown...
Remnants of the lost libraries of Jamestown
Twenty years of excavations at the James Fort site have produced over 100 pieces of book hardware. Conservator Dan Gamble discusses some of these finds in the following short film. If you are...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Cobham, Surry County, Virginia
Cobham was a small town in Surry County, Virginia. It was established by an Act of the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1691, when each county in the Virginia Colony was directed set aside 50 acres of land for a town. Storehouses were to be built for products imported and tobacco to be exported. It was ordered that the county sell half-acre lots for its citizens to inhabit the town. It was located at the mouth of Gray's Creek at the James River across and somewhat downstream from Jamestown.
Jamestown Church
Jamestown Church, partially built in 1639 in Jamestown, Virginia, is one of the oldest surviving buildings built by Europeans in the original thirteen colonies that became the United States. It is part of Jamestown National Historic Site, and is owned by the Preservation Virginia (formerly known as the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities).
History of the Jamestown Settlement (1607–1699)
Jamestown was the first settlement of the Virginia Colony, founded in 1607, and served as capital of Virginia until 1699, when the seat of government was moved to Williamsburg. This article covers the history of the fort and town at Jamestown proper, as well as colony-wide trends resulting from and affecting the town during the time period in which it was capital.