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Floodwall/Brown’s/Canal/Mayo
Richmond, Virginia, USA
Richmond, Virginia, USA

Floodwall/Brown’s/Canal/Mayo

Length3.2 mi
Elev. Gain150.9 ft
Est. Steps7500
Park
Created by Kianah

Floodwall/Brown’s/Canal/Mayo Introduction

Floodwall/Brown’s/Canal/Mayo is a 3.2 mile (7,500-step) route located near Richmond, Virginia, USA. This route has an elevation gain of about 150.9 ft and is rated as easy. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.

Attractions Near Floodwall/Brown’s/Canal/Mayo

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Brown's Island

Park
Brown's Island is an artificial island on the James River in Richmond, Virginia, formed by the Haxall Canal. Part of the city's James River Park, it is the popular venue of a large number of outdoor concerts and festivals in the spring and summer, such as the weekly Friday Cheers concert series or Dominion Riverrock.

T. Tyler Potterfield Memorial Bridge

Tourist Attraction
The T. Tyler Potterfield Memorial Bridge, also known as the VEPCO Levee Dam, and formerly the Brown's Island Dam Walk, crosses the James River in Richmond, Virginia connecting Brown's Island to the James River Parks System on the Manchester side of the river.Originally constructed as a dam in 1901 by the Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO), now called Dominion Power, the 31.5 ft (9.6 m) tall structure diverted water into the Haxall Canal where it was received by the 12th Street Power Station, until its decommissioning in 1968.

James River and Kanawha Canal

Water
The James River and Kanawha Canal was a partially built canal in Virginia intended to facilitate shipments of passengers and freight by water between the western counties of Virginia and the coast. Ultimately its towpath became the roadbed for a rail line following the same course.Encouraged by George Washington, the canal project was begun in 1785 as the James River Company, and later restarted under the James River and Kanawha Canal Company.

Hull Street Station

Tourist Attraction
Hull Street Station was a railroad station in the city of Richmond, Virginia. It was built by the Southern Railway to replace Mill Street Station across the river in Richmond. The station, which had been closed, was damaged in several floods of the James River before Richmond's flood wall was completed in 1995.

Triple Crossing

Tourist Attraction
The Triple Crossing in Richmond, Virginia is one of two places in North America where three railroad lines cross at different levels at the same spot, the other being the BNSF operated Santa Fe Junction in Kansas City. Santa Fe Junction became a triple crossing after the Argentine Connection was completed in 2004.

Tredegar Iron Works

Tourist Attraction
The Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond, Virginia, was the biggest ironworks in the Confederacy during the American Civil War, and a significant factor in the decision to make Richmond the Confederate capital.Tredegar supplied about half the artillery used by the Confederate States Army, as well as the iron plating for CSS Virginia, the first Confederate ironclad warship, which fought in the historic Battle of Hampton Roads in March 1862.

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Place
The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond is the headquarters of the Fifth District of the Federal Reserve located in Richmond, Virginia. It covers the District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and most of West Virginia excluding the Northern Panhandle. Branch offices are located in Baltimore, Maryland and Charlotte, North Carolina.

Gallego Flour Mills

Place
The Gallego Flour Mills was a flour mill located in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Founded by Joseph Gallego in the 1790s, the mill gained international reputation for the superior type of flour that was shipped from there to Europe and South America. Further, the mills became iconic image of the defeated south after Mathew Brady shot a photo of the Mills after much of the city burned in 1865.

Central Office District

Place
The Central Office District is the central business district for Downtown Richmond, Virginia. The district contains a majority of the city core, with several high rises situated in this region of the city. The District houses the headquarters of the Fifth District of the Federal Reserve, the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.

Donnan–Asher Iron-front Building

Place
Donnan–Asher Iron-front Building is a historic commercial building located in Richmond, Virginia. It was built in 1866, and is a four-story, 12 bay, Italianate style brick building with a cast iron front.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

Comments

2025/10/12
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2026/03/08
PacerPal
2026/03/23
2026/05/09
Last updated: May 1, 2026

Route Details

Length

3.2 mi

Elev. Gain

150.9 ft

Est. Steps

7500
Created by
Kianah
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