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Bells Isle/Canal Walk

Richmond, Virginia, USA

Bells Isle/Canal Walk

Length5.6 mi
Elev. Gain364.1 ft
Est. Steps13000

Lake

River

Scenic views

City walk

Historic site

Rocky

Bugs

Steep slope

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Introduction
Bells Isle/Canal Walk is a 5.6 mile (13,000-step) route located near Richmond, Virginia, USA. This route has an elevation gain of about 364.1 ft and is rated as medium. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.

Edgar Allan Poe Museum (Richmond, Virginia)

Tourist Attraction
The Edgar Allan Poe Museum is a museum located in the Shockoe Bottom neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia, dedicated to American writer Edgar Allan Poe. Though Poe never lived in the building, it serves to commemorate his time living in Richmond. The museum holds one of the world's largest collections of original manuscripts, letters, first editions, memorabilia and personal belongings.

Brown's Island

Park
Brown's Island is an artificial continental island on the James River in Richmond, Virginia, formed by the Haxall Canal. Part of the city's James River Park, it is the popular venue of a large number of outdoor concerts and festivals in the spring and summer, such as the weekly Friday Cheers concert series or Dominion Riverrock.

Gambles Hill

Park
Gambles Hill is a neighborhood near Downtown Richmond, Virginia. The neighborhood contains the Virginia War Monument, Historic Tredegar, Brown's Island and the WestRock Corporation.

Triple Crossing

Tourist Attraction
Triple Crossing in Richmond, Virginia is believed to be the only place in North America where three Class I railroads cross at different levels at the same spot.At the lowest (ground) level, the original Richmond and York River Railroad was extended after the American Civil War to connect with the Richmond and Danville Railroad, later part of the Southern Railway System, currently part of Norfolk Southern.

Virginia Holocaust Museum

Tourist Attraction
The Virginia Holocaust Museum (VHM) is a public history museum, located in Richmond, Virginia. The museum is dedicated to depicting the Holocaust through the personal stories of its victims.

Tredegar Iron Works

Tourist Attraction
The Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond, Virginia, was the biggest ironworks in the Confederacy during the American Civil War, and a significant factor in the decision to make Richmond its capital.Tredegar supplied about half the artillery used by the Confederate States Army, as well as the iron plating for CSS Virginia, the first Confederate ironclad warship, which fought in the historic Battle of Hampton Roads in March 1862.

Larus and Brother Company

Place
Larus and Brother Company (1877–1968) was a diversified tobacco company headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. The company manufactured pipe tobacco, cigarettes, and charcoal. It also operated local radio and television stations.

Castle Thunder (prison)

Place
Castle Thunder, located between what is now 17th Street and 18th Street on northern side of E Cary Street in Richmond, Virginia, was a former tobacco warehouse, located on Tobacco Row, converted into a prison used by the Confederacy to house civilian prisoners, including captured Union spies, political prisoners and those charged with treason during the American Civil War.

Gallego Flour Mills

Place
The Gallego Flour Mills was a flour mill located in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Founded by Joseph Gallego in the 1790s, the mill gained international reputation for the superior type of flour that was shipped from there to Europe and South America. Further, the mills became iconic image of the defeated south after Matthew Brady shot a photo of the Mills after much of the city burned in 1865.

Peninsula Subdivision Trestle

Place
The Peninsula Subdivision Trestle is a railroad trestle in Richmond, Virginia on the Peninsula Subdivision of CSX Transportation.
Route Details

Length

5.6 mi

Elev. Gain

364.1 ft

Est. Steps

13000
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Run2Liv
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