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Belles Isle
Richmond, Virginia, USA

Belles Isle

Length3.6 mi
Elev. Gain262.4 ft
Est. Steps8000
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Belles Isle Introduction

Belles Isle is a 3.6 mile (8,000-step) route located near Richmond, Virginia, USA. This route has an elevation gain of about 262.4 ft and is rated as easy. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.

Attractions Near Belles Isle

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Brown's Island

Park
Brown's Island is an artificial continental 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.

Gambles Hill

Park
Gambles Hill is a neighborhood near Downtown Richmond, Virginia. The neighborhood contains the Virginia War Monument, Historic Tredegar, Brown's Island and the WestRock Corporation.

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 its 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.

Manchester Bridge (Virginia)

Place
Manchester Bridge in Richmond, Virginia carries U.S. Route 60 across the James River.Its length is 2,906 feet (886 m), and it is unusually wide at 110 feet (33.5 m). This is due to a requirement in the Richmond-Manchester merger agreement of 1910 that a free pedestrian bridge be always provided between the two former cities.

Brown's Island Dam Walk

Place
The Brown's Island Dam Walk, also known as the VEPCO Levee Dam is a structure across the James River in Richmond, Virginia that connects Brown's Island to the James River Parks System on the Manchester side of the river. It was originally constructed as a dam in 1901 by the Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO) (now known as Dominion Power).

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 Matthew 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 Richmond Federal Reserve Bank, Dominion Virginia Power's corporate headquarters, Kanawha Plaza and the Virginia Tourism Corporation.

Manchester Wall

Place
Manchester Wall, located in downtown Richmond, Virginia, U.S., is one of central Virginia's premier rock climbing areas, offering multiple routes for trad climbing, sport climbing, and top roping. The sixty-foot granite wall is a remnant of the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Bridge which spanned the James River for much of the nineteenth century.

Rivanna Subdivision Trestle

Place
The Rivanna Subdivision Trestle is a trestle in Richmond, Virginia at the end of the Rivanna Subdivision. The bridge is the upper level of Triple Crossing, and also crosses United States Routes 360. It parallels the James River, and actually "steps" into it at one section. The bridge connects to the Peninsula Subdivision Trestle.
Last updated: Mar 1, 2026

Route Details

Length

3.6 mi

Elev. Gain

262.4 ft

Est. Steps

8000
Created by
Run2Liv
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