Visit northernneck.org for local events the day of your visit, like live music at the Reedville Fishermen’s Museum, or the Corn Maze at the Northern Neck Farm Museum
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Family Fun Three Day Weekend Getaways Boat In
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Heritage
Family Fun
FRIDAY
Lunch: Cockrell’s Creek Deli
Afternoon: Water Recreation – Kayak/canoe/rental at Ingram Bay Marina
Dinner: Reedville Market or Crazy Crab
Stay: AirB&B/VRBO/Campground/Bay Motel/Ingram Bay
SATURDAY
Morning: Rice’s Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern (either Farmers Market or active guild demonstrations)
Lunch: Tavern Café
Afternoon: Northern Neck Farm Museum and/or Reedville Fishermen’s Museum/Cruise
Dinner: Dairy Barn/Ice Cream
SUNDAY
Morning: Hughlett’s Point NAP
Picnic lunch at Hughlett’s Point
Three Day Weekend Getaway
FRIDAY
Stop at Northumberland County Visitors Center at Mosaics in Callao on the way into town for information on events, local theater, historic sites, on-water heritage tours, and historic district walking tours.
Lunch: Tavern Café
Afternoon: Heritage Arts Center/Shopping Trail
Dinner: Reedville Market or Crazy Crab
Stay: MaMargaret’s/ The Gables/EbbTide/GrandView B&B
SATURDAY
Morning: Heathsville Farmer’s Market/Walking Tour/Demonstrations
Lunch: Cockrell’s Creek Seafood & Deli
Afternoon: Shopping Trail/Artisan Trail/Golf
Dinner: Reedville Market or Crazy Crab
Entertainment: Westmoreland Players
SUNDAY
Early morning: Callao Café – Washington Post or Richmond Times-Dispatch available at Food Lion
Relax with paper/church/walk
Morning/Afternoon: Kayaking at Ingram Bay or walking at Hughlett’s Point
Afternoon: Wine tasting at Good Luck Cellars or visit Ditchley Cider Works
Dinner: KC’s Crabs & Cues – bring a cooler to buy seafood to take home!
Boat In
Check for Courtesy Car at Marina
SATURDAY
Third Saturdays of the Month: Heathsville Farmer’s Market from 9 am 1 pm.
Lunch: At the Tavern in Heathsville
Afternoon: Walking tour of Heathsville or Reedville
Dinner: Reedville Market/Crazy Crab
Ice Cream: Chitterchats
SUNDAY
Tangier Island Cruise (10AM-4PM)
Dinner: Reedville Market or Crazy Crab
MONDAY
Morning – On-water watermen’s heritage tour to see oyster growing/tonging/harvesting.
Lunch: Newsome’s in Burgess
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Heritage
9:00 a.m.
Depart one of the Northern Neck’s delightful bed & breakfasts or country inns after breakfast and travel to Reedville to see this turn-of-the-century fishing village historic district. Visit the Reedville Fishermen’s Museum and its exhibits detailing the traditions of the working watermen and fishermen of the Chesapeake Bay. Also tour several boat restorations, including the replica of John Smith’s barge, “The Spirit of 1608”, a third generation working boatyard and the Walker House, a modest 1875 fisherman’s home. 804.453.6529 rfmuseum.org
12:00 p.m.
Walk down Main Street to lunch at a casual waterfront setting, The Crazy Crab, located at 902 Main Street. 804.453.6789 crazycrabreedville.com
1:30 p.m.
Option 1: Cruise aboard the skipjack Claude W. Somers from Reedville. Watch the crabbers in their traditional Chesapeake Bay workboats tending their crab pots and unloading their catch at a local crab house. Available during the season on various Saturdays so call for a reservation. 804.453.6529 rfmuseum.org
Option 2: Tour The Gables, one of Reedville’s fine Victorian sea captain’s mansions, and learn how Captain Fisher built his stately home from bricks brought from England as ballast and how he included the mast of his favorite schooner into the construction. 859 Main Street, 804.453.5209 or thegablesbb.com
3:30 p.m.
Located on a low bluff at the end of the Yeocomico River, the historic village of Kinsale was established in 1706. It is the oldest colonial port town on the Virginia side of the Potomac River. Learn about the 1813 battle on Kinsale Creek and the many schooners that frequented the busy port at the Kinsale Museum located in a late 1800s barroom. 804.472.3001 or kinsalefoundation.org
For further information, contact the Northern Neck Tourism Commission at
804.333.1919 or nntc@northernneck.org. Visit our web site northernneck.org or on Facebook
Historic Heathsville 