Directions to Maymont
Maymont has three entrances: The Hampton Street Entrance, The Nature & Visitor Center Entrance and The Spottswood Entrance. The start/finish area for the Maymont X-Country Festival is near the Hampton Street Entrance (1700 Hampton Street, Richmond, VA 23220 for those of you using Mapquest) and the directions to that entrance are below. For directions to the other entrances, visit the directions page of the Maymont web site.
Hampton Street Entrance Directions
From Interstates 64 & 95
- Take the Boulevard exit #78 (Route 161)
- Go south on the Boulevard (Route 161) for two miles
- Turn left at Cary Street and go 1/2 mile
- Turn right at Meadow Street and go one mile
- Turn right at Pennsylvania Avenue and go one block the parking lot ahead
From the Powhite Parkway (Route 76) via the Downtown Expressway (I-195)
(From Southside, Midlothian)
- After the James River bridge toll plaza, get in the right lane
- Bear right onto the Downtown Expressway (I-195 East)
- Take the first exit, bear left onto Maplewood Avenue, and go one block
- Turn left at S. Sheppard Street and go four blocks
- Turn right at Cary Street (Route 147) and go east 1/2mile
- Turn right at Meadow Street and go one mile
- Turn right at Pennsylvania Avenue and go one block the parking lot ahead
From the Downtown Expressway (I-195) South
(Heading south from the West End)
- Take the Cary Street/Grove Avenue exit ramp and bear left
- At the first stoplight, turn left at Cary Street (Route 147)
- Continue on Cary Street east for 1-1/2 miles
- Turn right at Meadow Street and go one mile
- Turn right at Pennsylvania Avenue and go one block the parking lot ahead
From the Boulevard Bridge
(North from Forest Hill, Westover Hills)
- Once through the Boulevard Bridge toll plaza, get in the right lane
- Take the first right at Shirley Lane and go one block (past the Children's Farm entrance)
- Bear left (not the hard left onto Westover Road) and go one block into Byrd Park
- Turn right at Shields Lake Drive and continue around the lake (past the Nature & Visitor Center on the right)
- Turn right at Amelia Street and go one block
- Turn left at Hampton Street and proceed to the parking lot entrance on the right
From Downtown Richmond
(Heading west from Ninth and Main Streets)
- Take Main Street west about two miles
- Turn left at Meadow Street and go one mile
- Turn right at Pennsylvania Avenue and go one block to the parking lot ahead.
Directions to the Half Marathon Start
from the Hampton Street entrance of Maymont:
- Turn left onto Hampton Street.
- Turn left onto Amelia Street and go one block.
- Turn left at Shields Lake Drive
- The Nature & Visitor Center will be on your left.
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