Left out of the house, four blocks north, and the stop is on the far side. The bus runs into downtown every fifteen minutes until about eleven at night and every half hour on Sunday. It is the sensible way to go out for dinner, and the reason we do not apologise too hard about the one parking space.
How far it really is · 0.4 miles from the door
The bus stop on Allison Street
8minutes on foot · Walked at an ordinary pace, twice
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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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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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