Mother of Presidents. Old Dominion.
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park is listed under Kentucky, but parts of it are also located here and in Tennessee. It is thematically linked to Virginia’s Wilderness Road State Park.
Assateague Island National Seashore, partly located here, is listed under Maryland.
The Blue Ridge Parkway is shared with North Carolina, where it is listed.
Honorable mentions:
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- Booker T. Washington National Monument
- Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial
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10. Virginia Civil War sites, such as:
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- Manassas National Battlefield Park
- Richmond and Petersburg National Battlefields
- Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park
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9. Virginia: Mother of Presidents – In addition to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson’s sites listed below, there is also:
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- James Madison’s Montpelier
- James Monroe’s Oak Hill and Ash Lawn-Highland sites
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- Norfolk – Battleship Wisconsin, Nauticus Maritime Center – Hampton Roads Naval Museum, Victory Rover Naval Base Cruises, American Rover, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk Botanical Garden
- Hampton – Fort Monroe National Monument, Casemate Museum of Fort Monroe, Hampton History Museum
- Virginia Beach – First Landing State Park
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7. Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park
6. Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
5. Shenandoah National Park (including part of the Appalachian Trail) and Skyline Drive National Scenic Byway
4. Colonial Williamsburg
3. Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello and the University of Virginia, Charlottesville – a World Heritage Site, and to be added to this site, on the World Heritage Tentative List, Virginia State Capitol and Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest plantation and plantation house
2. Colonial National Historical Park
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- Jamestown
- Yorktown
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1. George Washington’s Mount Vernon – World Heritage Tentative List
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- George Washington Memorial Parkway
- George Washington Birthplace National Monument
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