Nine blocks of shops, a second-run cinema with an organ that still plays before the Saturday show, and the ice cream place with the line outside it. The drive is nine minutes and finding a space on a Saturday afternoon can be another fifteen, which is why we tell people to take the bus from Allison Street.
How far it really is · 2.6 miles from the door
Carytown and the Byrd Theatre
9minutes by car · Measured on a Saturday at 2pm, parking not included
From this door
The rest of the list
Measured the same way: a car, a watch, and the hour you would actually go.
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6min drive
The grocery on Lombardy
6 minutes by car, 19 on foot. Open until midnight.
Measured on a Tuesday at 10am
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14min drive
The river at Pony Pasture
14 minutes by car. Flat rocks, class I water, and no lifeguard at any time.
Measured on a Sunday at 11am
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11min drive
Maymont
11 minutes by car. Free, and the best two hours in the city with children.
Measured on a Saturday at 10am
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8min walk
The bus stop on Allison Street
8 minutes on foot. Every 15 minutes into town, $1.50, exact change or the app.
Walked at an ordinary pace, twice
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24min drive
Richmond airport, RIC
24 minutes at ten in the morning. 38 if you leave at five in the afternoon.
Measured twice: 24 minutes at 10am, 38 minutes at 5pm
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12min drive
The emergency room at VCU Medical Center
12 minutes by car. The nearest urgent care is 7, and open until 8pm.
Measured on a weekday at 9am
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1.8333333333333333h 50min drive
Shenandoah, at Swift Run Gap
1 hour 50 minutes. A day trip, not an afternoon.
Measured on a Saturday in May, both directions
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2.1666666666666665h 10min drive
Virginia Beach
2 hours 10 with an empty road. 3 hours 20 on a Friday in July.
Measured twice: 2h10 in March, 3h20 on a July Friday