Things To Do in Tye River, Virginia

The following information was sumbitted by Nelson County Parks and Recreation: Directions: Piney River Trailhead: US Route 29 to SR 56 west at Colleen, right onto SR 56, 5 miles to left onto SR 151... More on TrailLink.com

The views of the river are very relaxing . More on TrailLink.com

The mansion on this 5,000-acre plantation estate was first built in 1802 and acquired at the turn of the 20th century by Thomas Fortune Ryan, a Nelson County native who had become one of the 10 wea... More on Virginia.org

Inscription. About two miles east is Oak Ridge, a 4,800-acre estate first patented in the 1730s. Robert Rives (1764-1845), a tobacco planter and international trader, built his house there in 1802.... More on HMDB

Inscription. In 1803, the Virginia General Assembly established Cabellsville one mile west of here on the Old Stage Road, on 25 acres owned by Congressman Samuel Jordan Cabell. The village was platted before Nelson County was formed ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Two miles east, at Oak Ridge, was born William Cabell Rives, May 4, 1792. He was minister to France, 1829-32 and 1849-53; United States Senator, 1832-45; member of the Peace convention of 1861 and of the Confederate Congress. ... More on HMDB

Lake Nelson is a 40-acre impoundment in Nelson County, Virginia. Lake Nelson can be accessed from Route 29 near Colleen (Nelson County), then take Route 655 about 2.8 miles to Arrington; go through Arrington, then left on Route 812, ... More on AnglerWeb.com

Woodson's Mill is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has been noted by historians as one of the finest examples of a 19th Century mill. The Mill is not open, but still interesting from the outside. All the grinding ... More on Virginia.org

Inscription. On 11 June 1864, about 800 yards east, the Botetourt Battery prevented the destruction of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad bridge across the Tye River. This bridge was an important part of the Confederate railroad network ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Confederate Col. John Singleton Mosby was born in Powhatan County on 6 Dec. 1833. Nearby stood the early childhood home in which Mosby lived from soon after his birth until his family moved to Charlottesville by 1841. ... More on HMDB

Inscription. The town of Diuguidsville established in 1792 by the Virginia General Assembly was named for William Diuguid 1717-1764 immigrant to Buckingham County in 1745 from Aberdeen, Scotland. He was a first cousin of Patrick Henry ... More on HMDB

Inscription. (Front): Nelson County, Area 473 Square Miles: Formed in 1761 from Albemarle, and named for Jeffrey, Lord Amherst, British commander in the French and Indian War. Balcony Falls are in this county. (Reverse) Nelson County ... More on HMDB