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A Day At... is brought to you by Meghan F. Coates, MS, Special Events Coordinator, Chesterfield County Parks and Recreation.

Don’t forget your binoculars when you visit the beautiful, 810-acre Dutch Gap Conservation Area. The four-mile trail leads hikers, bikers, fishermen, dog walkers, families and birdwatchers to a tidal wetland, meadow, a freshwater pond, swamps and a tidal lagoon. It is here that you will find sunken barges, bald eagles, deer, a heron rookery and a bounty of...

Drewry’s Bluff, a Civil War site in the county, reached national prominence in 1862 when Confederate forces built Fort Drewry there. The fort was vital in blocking the U.S. Navy from progressing up the James River toward Richmond. A three-hour battle on May 15, 1862, finally ended the Union’s naval threat to the capital. Drewry’s Bluff later became the location of the Marine Corps Camp of Instruction and the Confederate Naval Academy.