Henricus Historical Park Review

Great experience! My kids had a blast and learned a lot. John is a fantastic historical Interpreter!

Great site! Well-maintained by knowledgeable and passionate staff!

Walked the conservatory and had a wonderful time. Shaded for a good portion and the water kept it cooler than it would have been otherwise. 4+ mile loop.

Nice places to walk in the forests and marshes, places to sit and relax and experience the exhilarating beauty of nature and the wetland ecosystems.

A very good place to visit for excellent information and sights.

What a great historical place , has alot of history into it.

The nature area is a wonderful 5 mile walk. Come summer time make sure you wear mosquito repellent

Wonderful place to get history and some exercise at the same time

I love the history. The staff is excellent. The surroundings are beautiful.

If you like historic places this is a must see. Great for photos and the staff is really friendly.

One of the best birding locations in Virginia in addition to being a rich historical park with displays, interpretative signs, and re-enactments covering early colonists through the Civil War.

Such a great park. The free area is perfect for a nice hike- easy for kids too. And the paid area (the historically recreated village area) is just too cool!

Henricus Historical Park is worth to see. Beautifully recreated buildings, fences, guards towers, with all tje details as it probably was in 17th century. Each part of the site has its guides in historical attire, who is ready to tell you the colorfull story full of real facts. I liked a lot this excursion :-).

Hops festival was pretty good. Good selection of beers. Two different areas with live music. Children play and food area in the back.

This is a jewel. It is accessible to families and school groups. The surrounding Nature preserve makes for a great outing with the whole family. The staff is very attentive and their gift shop is filled with memories. The cannon and primitive "arcabuses" fire is something to remember. The different representations of life in the era it was inhabited are quite interesting.

Perfect outdoor place to chill solo or with friends

Loved it!! Please visit! We must do our part to keep these places open. They are doing ALL THEY CAN TO BE SAFE! Students "are" their main source of income and we all know what's going on today. Take your children today and make that the Math (the timeline), Social Studies (the history), Language Arts (the vocabulary, stories, and leyends), Science (their housing, weapons..) Physical Education (the walk)and Arts and Crafts lesson of the day (so many cool easy to do stuff in the Gift Shop)! So much to see! So much to learn through this live museum!

This little historic site close to Fort Lee was quite the hidden treasure. It is so well maintained and the organizers did a great job in explaining all the historic details of the colonial past of that region. Never would have even imagined a place like this existed.

Henricus is an amazing example of a museum that doesn't feel like a museum. The structures, the actors/staff, and the setting itself are so immersive that you almost can't believe it exists.

Nice ~3mile walking/jogging loop. Squirrels, Deer, and Birds all over the place. The staff is very friendly. I would highly recommend making it for the annual Hops in the Park festival.

Exceeded expectations! Welcoming place with very knowledgeable interpreters! Great for families looking to learn and explore!

The animals were the best part. The man who shot the musket was great. It's a bit spendy with 5+ people, but a great alternative to being inside on a nice day!!

It was hard to get around. Not wheel chair friendly, but the staff were really nice. Exit door to bluff didn't open up enough to even get the wheelchair out. They need to work on this

Fun, educational and plenty of wildlife and trails.

Nice place to bring your kids for an informative history lesson that's not boring. Our guide was a Powahatan Indian wrapped in raccoon. It was fun!

The fishing docks here are great and the trails are nice to bike on

Great place to visit, the history and the views, oh my!

Amazing history. Employees are walking encyclopedias. Beautiful setting on the James River.

I love the place and the lady at the gift/ information desk was real nice. She was very polite and communicated very appropriately about many topics I always wanted advice on. She shed some light on the history of the country country being founded and other information I found intriguing.

The walkway was very neat and trimmed. The people in the consumes enacting the old times were very well dressed to the times.

Will visit again

This is a beautiful place to visit if you're interested in history. The staff is very knowledgeable and enjoy sharing what they know. We went on a Sunday when there were no special events planned and it was quiet and easy to see everything. My kids (5 & 9) enjoyed it, especially the musket firing demonstration, but eventually my youngest got bored. The rest of us had a wonderful time.

Beautiful historical park with a friendly, engaging staff. I'm looking forward to attending more events here.

Excellent landscape nature all beautiful to share with paphilia and your pets

Great place to walk and look at the natural beauty. They have a new floating pier that is just amazing. Well worth a trip.

Went for a field trip with child's school, was thouroughly entertained and educated. Great views by the river where many people were fishing and walking their dogs. Also, they were setting up for an event...seemed like a neat place for it.

The park has done a very good job with the recreation of the fort and village. It is easy to place yourself in the place in the time, and as a history guide, very effective for conveying experience.

I just love History!! And love seeing how it used to be. So thankful and appreciative to be alive in this century ;)

I attended a festival at the park. We were limited to the area overlooking the river. It is a beautiful space to look out at the water but the space is limited. I'm not sure if you can do anything but stand at rail & look out. It may not be an area where chairs/picnic tables are permitted. Only downside is the walk from the gate to the area is about a 1/4 mile long and unpaved. That means comfy shoes and maybe not your best clothing.

Very run down. The staff are great but the buildings are old and decrepit. The original Henricus never got this old. Also, the "fort " has trees growing right up to its "walls." Not very realistic. The"gardens" are completely untended, and appear to have been so for some time. Tools are left laying out in the weather. It gives the whole place a MAJOR fake feel.
On the plus side, they work with real food and fire, for demonstrations. Many historical sites do not. The interpreters are pretty knowledgeable too. It comes across as some individuals there are trying despite a management with a policy of not caring.
Interesting place but don't go out of your way.

Lady that works on desk is very unreasonable. She turns away anyone who is under 17 in the store. The whole point of this place is to enjoy. Not get upset and want to leave. The park is nice to ride bikes and to look at Native American lifestyle but that is it

Great for the real history buff. They seem like they are working on the place so I'd expect more in the future. Very understaffed the day we toured, if it hadn't been for one very knowledgeable and personable roleplaying worker with the gift of gab we would have be truly disappointed. I'd like to go back on a weekend when they had a special event going on and there was more interaction. The livestock weren't very talkative.

Extremely well run. Fascinating and highly educational tour.

Great place to go,,,a learning experience/educational,,,good view of the James River....

Very interesting place, the staff is awesome. It's worth the time.

Walked the 4 mile loop. Saw various wild life, birds, turtles,etc. Nice level walk.

Wonderfully well created and thought out historical site

Great Historical Park with awesome Historical artisans. Fascinating stories of how life was lived in the early 1600's in the New World.

What a hidden gem! Founded in 1611, just four years after Jamestown, Henricus was a better planned settlement. This living history park features extremely knowledgeable costumed historical interpreters in a beautiful setting that features hands on demonstrations showing daily life for the native peoples and English settlers. Beautifully constructed buildings, farm animals, gardens, and more allow you to wall through the park to get a real feel for living long ago. You drive through the Dominion Power station grounds on your way and wonder if you are going the right way but eventually it opens up to Dutch Gap nature preserve with pull offs for bird watching and a boardwalk to explore the marshland. The park also has walling trails, gift shop and restrooms that can be accessed without paying the entrance fee to the living history area. Great family fun that is not overcrowded like Jamestown can be. They also have some really interesting annual events. Definitely check out this lovely park!

Henricus staff were very knowledgeable. Great presentation.

Very neat little living history museum. Kind of a creepy drive to get there through a very busy industrial area that looks like you're entering a construction site. But Dutch Gap nature preserve is beautiful once you find your way in. My main complaint was that a school group was there at the same time that we were, and not only were all of the interpreters working only work the school groups, leaving no one to interact with us or answer questions, but they kept asking us to move along so the school kids could stand where we were! We paid good money to come here but did not get the experience. If they are going to have big groups, they need to schedule extra interpreters for the rest of the guests.

This is a great park. Locals bring their dogs for a walk near the water. Staff are wonderful.

A little small compared to Jamestown, but definitely a gem! They have great reenactors, a nice gift shop, and a park nearby for later. Bring a packed lunch and spend the day!

Nice quiet place to relax or see some history.
Cool walking/ biking trails.

Great place for kids to learn about Colonial life in a hands-on way. Interpreters were very informative.

Very informative. Didn't have to beg for information