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MUSEUMS

Grant"s Headquarter"s at City Point

Open
Open All Year 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Phone
(804) 458-9504

Location
From I-95 & 295: Take Rt. 10 east towards Hopewell. Cross over the Appomattox River and at the second traffic light past the bridge take a left onto Appomattox Street. Follow until it meets Cedar Lane and take a left. As you come up to the manor house the parking lot is on the left.

Closures
Normally closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, New Year"s Day, Martin Luther King Day, and Presidents" Day.

Exhibits
The grounds include Grant"s headquarters, and a plantation house with outbuildings.In the plantation house are furnished rooms, an introductory video, a diorama, and a bookshop.

RANGER STATIONS

Five Forks Battlefield

Open
Open All Year 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Phone
(804) 265-8244

Location
From I-95: Take exit #51 onto I-85 south. Then take exit #61 onto 460 West. Travel seven miles and take left onto Rt. 627 - Court House Road. Travel three miles to contact station on left. From I-85 north: Take exit #53 and left onto Rt. 703. Then make a left onto Rt. 1 and then a right onto Rt. 627 - Court House Rd. Travel 5.1 miles to contact station on right.

Closures
Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, New Year"s Day, Martin Luther King Day, and Presidents" Day.

Poplar Grove National Cemetery

Open
Mid-June through Mid-August

Closures
The cemetery itself is open year-round.

VISITOR CENTERS

Eastern Front

Open
Open All Year 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Phone
804.732.3531

Location
To get to the Eastern Front"s visitor center from I-95 & I-85: Take the Wythe Street (Rt. 36 east) exit. Turn onto this one-way road and follow it 2.5 miles to the park entrance on the right. From 295: Take exit 9B onto Rt. 36 west to park entrance on the right just past Fort Lee.

Closures
Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, New Year"s Day, Martin Luther King Day, and Presidents" Day.

Exhibits
Exhibits on aspects of the siege, battlefield artifacts on display, and a 17-minute map is program shown on the hour and half-hour.

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