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U.S. Route 15 (US 15) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that runs from Walterboro, South Carolina, to Painted Post, New York.In Virginia, the U.S. Highway runs 230.37 miles (370.74 km) from the North Carolina state line near Clarksville north to the Maryland state line at the Potomac River near Lucketts.
Rocky Knob Recreation Area is a 4,500 acres (18 km 2) recreation area along the Blue Ridge Parkway, which spans from mile markers 167–174. [1] The park is home to 15 miles of hiking trails, 81 tents camping sites, 28 RV sites, and 72 picnic sites. [2]
The park was established as Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park on February 14, 1927, and transferred from the War Department August 10, 1933. The lengthy name remains its official designation—75 letters, the longest name of any unit in the national park system.
It is flanked on three sides by the Wilderness Battlefield section of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. References
The state highway continues northeast and bypasses Spotsylvania Courthouse to the west. Just north of the county seat, SR 208 receives the other end of SR 208 Business (Courthouse Road) and passes the entrance to the Spotsylvania Courthouse unit of the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. The state highway continues northeast ...
U.S. Route 17 (US 17) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that runs from Punta Gorda, Florida, to Winchester, Virginia.In Virginia, the U.S. Highway runs 255.83 miles (411.72 km) from the North Carolina state line in Chesapeake north to its northern terminus at US 11, US 50, and US 522 in Winchester.
Fredericksburg's daily newspaper is The Free Lance–Star. The Free Lance was first published in 1885, and competed with two twice-weekly papers in the city during the late 19th century, the Fredericksburg News and The Virginia Star. While the News folded in 1884, the Star moved to daily publication in 1893. In 1900, the two companies merged ...
The northern stretch of US 17 in Clay County is known as Park Avenue. In Jacksonville, the southern portion of US 17 is known as Roosevelt Boulevard. Here, the highway goes past Naval Air Station Jacksonville (NAS Jax). Near downtown Jacksonville, US 17 joins I-10 for approximately one mile (1.6 km), before merging into I-95.