Chesterfield County

LIVING HERE
Chesterfield County is the Richmond area’s largest locality—a place with plenty of reasons to be proud.

Chesterfield County is home to four of the Richmond area’s Top 10 subdivisions in terms of new home closings, and there are several large new communities still in the works.

The popular Chesterfield track’s season runs from April to September. Classes run include Late Model, Modified, Grand Stock, U-Car, Street Stock and MACKA.

The 1611 Citie of Henricus, Virginia’s second successful English settlement, is being recreated at the 32-acre Henricus Historical Park in Chesterfield County.

Take photo and video tours of Dutch Gap Conservation Area, an environmental treasure on the James River in southern Chesterfield County.

Tour Huguenot Park, which features a special needs playground and athletic facilities.

Harry G. Daniel Park at Iron Bridge:. Located on Route 10 across from the Chesterfield County Airport, this park is the county’s largest with 365 acres.

The park has walking trails around a pond and through the wooded areas in and around the Grove Shaft Ruins, the railbeds and coal mines of the old Mid-Lothian Mines.

Robious Landing Park is located in northern Chesterfield County on the south bank of the James River. The 50-acre park adjacent to James River High School opened in 1997.

The 188-acre park in the Enon area of southern Chesterfield County opened in 1980 and features a diverse natural area on the tidal Appomattox River and a rich history. SLIDESHOW

Rockwood Park:. Chesterfield County’s oldest and most popular park, this 163-acre site features a complex of ball fields and tennis courts, a nature center, a system of nature trails and more.

Take photo & video tours of the Metro Richmond Zoo in western Chesterfield County. SLIDESHOW

A SECRET IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY
The Metro Richmond Zoo grew from a backyard collection deep in western Chesterfield to now more than 1,200 animals. SEE SLIDESHOW

Take photo and video tours of Pocahontas State Park in Chesterfield County, the largest of Virginia’s state parks with more than 7,600 acres.

Chesterfield County’s Pocahontas State Park is a hidden summertime gem for families in the Richmond area, as I found out earlier this summer.

The strength of Chesterfield County’s Drewry’s Bluff effectively closed the James River as a route of Union invasion.

Presquile National Wildlife Refuge, near Hopewell on the James River, is a 1,300-acre restricted island refuge in Chesterfield County.