The nearest entrance to Skyline Drive that is worth the drive, and it is an hour and fifty minutes each way before you have walked anywhere. Leave by eight if you want a walk and lunch and to be back for dinner. In the third week of October you should assume two hours and twenty on the way home.
How far it really is · 97 miles from the door
Shenandoah, at Swift Run Gap
1.8333333333333333h 50minutes by car · Measured on a Saturday in May, both directions
From this door
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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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9min drive
Carytown and the Byrd Theatre
9 minutes by car. Parking is the hard part, not the distance.
Measured on a Saturday at 2pm, parking not included
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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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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