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Located in Richmond, Maymont is a 100-acre Victorian estate and public park that Major James H. Dooley and his wife Sallie Dooley donated to the people.
Visitors can spend the day treading the lands that contain a museum (which used to be the Maymont Mansion in which the Dooley’s lived), an arboretum, a nature center, and formal gardens.
There are also various native wildlife exhibits and a children’s farm on the complex as a well as an extensive carriage collection.
The Maymont Mansion has a collection of exquisite antiques and furnishings to explore, while the elaborate Japanese and Italian Gardens are picture perfect.
Younger visitors love watching the river otters play, petting a goat at the farm, or picnicking on the lawn or by the brook.
1700 Hampton Street, Richmond, Virginia 23220, Phone: 804-358-7166
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐