Gloucester Point in Gloucester County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Welcome to Gloucester Point

A Point for the Defense

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, May 2, 2009

1. Welcome to Gloucester Point Marker

Inscription. You are standing at the entrance to Tyndall’s Point Park. These protected remains of a Civil War fort survive to help take us back into the history of Gloucester Point. Nearby, you will find signs and brochures explaining events that occurred here during the American Revolution and the Civil War. You can also explore the eight-sign Point Walk ahead, strolling through 400 years of history.

English settlers, redcoat and patriot armies, and blue and gray citizen soldiers have defended and attacked this point during rebellions, revolutions and civil war. Today, the County of Gloucester and the National Park Service work together to protect the grounds while the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, located across Route 17, guards against environmental enemies of the Chesapeake Bay.

Enjoy your visit but please stay on the walkway and respect the plants and earthworks in this preserve. With your assistance, these unique pieces of history will survive for future generations.

The Tyndall’s Point Park Walkway is a cooperative venture of Gloucester County, the Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network and the National Park Service.

Erected by Gloucester County, Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network, National Park Service.

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Location. 37° 15.025′ N, 76° 30.085′ W. Marker is in Gloucester Point, Virginia, in Gloucester County. It is on Vernon Street near Riverview Street, on the right when traveling south. The marker is located at the entrance to Tyndall's Point Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1376 Vernon Street, Gloucester Point VA 23062, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the Middle Peninsula

and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Tidewater,

and in the Chesapeake Bay Region.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: After the Surrender at Yorktown (here, next to this marker); Gloucester Point (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Gloucester Point (a few steps from this marker); Early Land Patent (a few steps from this marker); Where North Meets South (within shouting distance of this marker); Attacking with “Decisive Vigor” (within shouting distance of this marker); Classic Camp Life (within shouting distance of this marker); Parts of a Parrott Rifle (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gloucester Point.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Gloucester Point (was a few steps from this

Gloucester Point Markers image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, May 2, 2009

2. Gloucester Point Markers

marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

More about this marker. On the right is an aerial photo with the caption, "Gloucester Point and the George P. Coleman Bridge is the northern gateway to the Yorktown, Williamsburg, and Jamestown sites where the United States was born."

Tyndall’s Point Park Walkway image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, May 2, 2009

3. Tyndall’s Point Park Walkway

Tyndall's Point Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, May 2, 2009

4. Tyndall's Point Park

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 7, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,166 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 7, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.