Yorktown in York County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

American Approach Road

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, November 8, 2015

1. American Approach Road Marker

Inscription. The steep banks of this ravine gave American troops protection from British cannon fire as they moved up to build and man the siege lines. French troops used a similar cover to the west.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1781.

Location. 37° 13.233′ N, 76° 29.55′ W. Marker is in Yorktown, Virginia, in York County. It is on Historical Tour Road half a mile south of Moore House Road (Route 238), on the right when traveling south. Located along the Battlefield Tour route on the Yorktown Battlefield, part of Colonial National Historical Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Yorktown VA 23690, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Virginia’s Peninsula,

in Coastal Virginia,

and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Tidewater.

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: The Deposit (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Wormley Creek Crossing (approx. ¼ mile away); Wear Of Centuries (approx. 0.3 miles away); The First Siege Line (approx. 0.3 miles away); Moore House (approx. 0.4 miles away); Communicating Trench (approx. half a mile away); Unknown Confederate Soldiers (approx. half a mile away); Redoubt 9 (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Yorktown.

Also see . . . Yorktown Battlefield. Colonial National Historical Park, National

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Park Service. (Submitted on November 9, 2015.)

Photographed by Bernard Fisher, November 8, 2015

2. American Approach Road Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 14, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 9, 2015, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 746 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 9, 2015, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.