Shelton House Trail Park
Shelton House Trail Park offers a scenic and historical hiking experience featuring trails through woods, wetlands, and past farm fields. The park is wheelchair accessible and family-friendly, ideal for kids and dog owners alike. Visitors can explore the historic Shelton House, enjoy nature, and learn about the area’s rich history with informative signage and occasional guided tours. The park is dog-friendly, with picturesque walking paths in a tranquil natural setting.
Reviews
Nice walk. Interesting sites along the trail, as the cemetery stones have had the occupants moved to another cemetery. Well worth the walk.
The house was home of Patrick Henry’s wife, and they were married here. It is open for tours occasionally. There are trails past active farm fields and into the woods leading to a long bridge over a stream and wetlands.
Great place to walk and learn history. There are no bikes allowed on trails at Rural Plains / Shelton House.
Managed by the Richmond National Park the Shelton House trail is a great place to enjoy nature and learn history.
I enjoy walking here fairly often. I season volunteers give wonderful individual tours of the house on the property but even off season the signage is good and many folks come here for the recreational opportunity. Besides the house (older than the USA) there are other physical historical resources including military earthworks. Recently they have restored the roof and begin work around the house to improve it longevity by controlling ground water.