Williamsburg KOA

Biking

Mountain biking trails are available at York River State Park and Waller Mill City Park. Distance biking is available at many locations nearby. Williamsburg's mild terrain is suitable for family biking trips. Biking is popular on the Colonial Parkway, a 24 mile long National Historical Park between Jamestown and Yorktown.

Bird Watching

Birders will find a multitude of species in this area. Water fowl and shore birds can be found in abundance at York River State Park, Hog Island Wildlife Refuge, Back Bay Wildlife Management Area and Chickahominy Wildlife Management Area. The Williamsburg area is home to Ruby Throated Hummingbirds, Cedar Wax Wings, Cardinals, Pileated Wood Peckers, Wild Turkeys, Bob Whites, Bald Eagles, Osprey, Blue Herons, Bitterns, Wood Ducks, Purple Martins and a variety of owls to name a few.

Boating

The Williamsburg area offers many boating opportunities for water enthusiasts. For quiet row boating and canoeing several local reservoirs offer rental boats. For power boating and water skiing the James River, York River and Chickahominy River are just a short drive away. All three rivers lead into the Chesapeake Bay.

Fishing

Williamsburg area has a diverse menu of fishing opportunities. Local reservoirs are home to large mouth bass, chain pickerel, land locked striped bass, crappie, channel catfish, and a variety of pan fish. The Chickahominy River is a hot spot for large mouth bass fishing with many tournaments held there each year. Salt water fishing is available at piers from Yorktown to Virginia Beach. Ocean species are available by charter boat wreck fishing and Gulf Stream trips for Blue Marlin, White Marlin, Tuna, Dolphin and Shark are available out of Virginia Beach.

Forts/Battlefields

Take a stroll through history by visiting the forts/battlefields in our area: Fort Monroe (largest stone fort ever built in the United States), Fort Norfolk (supplied ammunition for the Confederate iron clad in the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac), Petersburg National Battlefield, Richmond National Battlefield and Yorktown Battlefield.

Golfing

There is golfing for every level. You can choose from Colonial Williamsburg, Kingsmill, Fords Colony, The Colonial Golf Course, Royal New Kent, Stonehouse, Williamsburg National Golf Club and Newport News/Deer Run Golf Course. Most of these are challenging, 18 hole golf courses.

Hiking

Several local municipal and state parks have hiking trails, fitness trails and nature trails. They include Waller Mill Park, Newport News Park, and York River State Park.

Museums

If your interest is in touring museums, you can spend a day or two touring one or all of the following: The Children's Museum of Virginia, The Chrysler Museum, Museum of the Confederacy, Fort Eustis Transportation Museum, Hampton Roads Naval Museum, Mattaponi Indian Museum, Hermitage Foundation Museum, Hampton University Museum, Virginia Living Museum, Mariners Museum, Virginia Air and Space Museum, Nauticus National Maritime Museum, Mary Bell Washington Museum, Virginia Marine Science Museum, Hunter House Victorian Museum, Virginia Museum of the Fine Arts, U.S. Quartermaster Museum, Newsome House Museum and Cultural Center, and War Memorial Museum of Virginia.

Plantations

Enjoy the history by touring one or more of the following plantations: Berkeley Plantation (site of the first official Thanksgiving in 1619), Carters Grove (tour the Georgia mansion, "The most beautiful house in America"), Evelynton Plantation (originally part of Westover Plantation), Northbend Plantation (home of Sarah Harrison, William Henry Harrison's sister), Sherwood Forest (home of the 10th United States President, John Tyler), Shirley Plantation (beautiful 18th Century mansion with original paintings, furniture and silver on display), Tuckahoe Plantation (the boyhood home of Thomas Jefferson).

Shopping

There is shopping for every personality. Shop all of these or choose your preference: Williamsburg Pottery Factory, Prime Outlets Center, Williamsburg Outlet Mall, The Doll Factory, Williamsburg Soap and Candle Factory, Shops at Kingsmill, Merchants Square and The Williamsburg Winery.

Sporting Clays

Old Forge Outdoors located near Williamsburg at Providence Forge has two championship sporting clay courses and a five stand complex. Instructors are available to work with beginner and intermediate shooters.

Other points of interest

For continued enjoyment you can explore other sites and activities like N.A.S.A. (see a close up of NASA's wind tunnel and the gigantic scaffolding used to drop space capsules to simulate lunar landings), Norfolk Waterside (waterfront festivals, harbor cruises and maritime history), U.S. Naval Base Tours (world's largest naval base), Wharton's Wharf Harbor Tours, Jamestown Island Boating Excursion, Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, Jamestown Ferry, Bacons Castle (home includes furnishings based on 1711 and 1755 inventories made by the residents during those years), York River State Park, Virginia Beach Ocean Front (Virginia's premier boardwalk area), Deep Sea Fishing, Virginia Beach Aquarium (offering a six story 3-D Imax theater and a marine life petting area), Virginia Beach Pavilion, Christian Broadcasting Network (one of the nation's most modern television studios), Verizon Virginia Beach Amphitheater, Norfolk Scope, Cape Henry Light House (the oldest government-built lighthouse in America), Ocean Breeze Festival Park, Norfolk Botanical Gardens, Norfolk Zoo, Hampton Waterfront, The Center for the Arts, Fine Arts Gallery, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, The Feldman Chamber Music Society (five chamber music ensembles held each year), First Landing Cross, George Washington's Birthplace National Monument, Air Power Park (one of the largest civilian-owned collections of aircraft and missiles in the United States), Carrie B. Harbor Tours (narrated tour of the Norfolk-Portsmouth Harbor), Flowerdew Hundred (one of the earliest English settlements in the New World) and Peninsula Fine Arts Center (affiliate of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts).