Denbigh Park Boat Ramp
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The Denbigh Park Boat Ramp (also known simply as Denbigh Park) is a park located in the Denbigh
area of Newport News, Virginia
, USA. It is maintained by the Newport News Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism
. It is located on 13.3 acres (53,823.2 m²) at the southern end of Denbigh Boulevard.
, a tributary of the James River
. The parking lot
provides space for dozens of trucks and boat trailers to be parked. The ramp and parking lot are open from 5 a.m. until 10 p.m., seven days a week.
Denbigh Park features a short hiking trail
. Both ends of the trail meet at the park's parking lot. The trail takes about 10 to 15 minutes to navigate from one end to the other, and offers a view of some of the marsh
land prevalent in the area. Due to the park's location in a quiet residential area, the presence of wildlife is greater than it would be in a park located in the more urban areas of the city. Small fish
can be seen in a stream
that the trail passes over, as well as crab
s. The trails, like most hiking trails in the Newport News Parks system, are open from sunrise to sunset.
The park also offers a small fishing pier
, that can accommodate approximately a dozen fishing enthusiasts simultaneously. This pier offers fishing from a saltwater tributary of the James River.
Denbigh, Virginia
Denbigh was a small unincorporated community in Warwick County, Virginia, and was long the county seat. After a municipal consolidation in 1958, it became a neighborhood of the independent city of Newport News.-History:...
area of Newport News, Virginia
Newport News, Virginia
Newport News is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia. It is at the southeastern end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the north shore of the James River extending southeast from Skiffe's Creek along many miles of waterfront to the river's mouth at Newport News...
, USA. It is maintained by the Newport News Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Newport News Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism
The Newport News Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism is the government agency responsible for maintaining city parks and other sites of interest to tourists and the general population within the city of Newport News, Virginia. It is under the authority of Assistant City Manager Alan Archer...
. It is located on 13.3 acres (53,823.2 m²) at the southern end of Denbigh Boulevard.
Features
The boat ramp is the main feature of Denbigh Park. It allows access into the Warwick RiverWarwick River (Virginia)
The Warwick River is a tidal estuary which empties into the James River a few miles from Hampton Roads at the southern end of Chesapeake Bay in southeast Virginia in the United States...
, a tributary of the James River
James River (Virginia)
The James River is a river in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is long, extending to if one includes the Jackson River, the longer of its two source tributaries. The James River drains a catchment comprising . The watershed includes about 4% open water and an area with a population of 2.5 million...
. The parking lot
Parking lot
A parking lot , also known as car lot, is a cleared area that is intended for parking vehicles. Usually, the term refers to a dedicated area that has been provided with a durable or semi-durable surface....
provides space for dozens of trucks and boat trailers to be parked. The ramp and parking lot are open from 5 a.m. until 10 p.m., seven days a week.
Denbigh Park features a short hiking trail
Trail
A trail is a path with a rough beaten or dirt/stone surface used for travel. Trails may be for use only by walkers and in some places are the main access route to remote settlements...
. Both ends of the trail meet at the park's parking lot. The trail takes about 10 to 15 minutes to navigate from one end to the other, and offers a view of some of the marsh
Marsh
In geography, a marsh, or morass, is a type of wetland that is subject to frequent or continuous flood. Typically the water is shallow and features grasses, rushes, reeds, typhas, sedges, other herbaceous plants, and moss....
land prevalent in the area. Due to the park's location in a quiet residential area, the presence of wildlife is greater than it would be in a park located in the more urban areas of the city. Small fish
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
can be seen in a stream
Stream
A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...
that the trail passes over, as well as crab
Crab
True crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" , or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax...
s. The trails, like most hiking trails in the Newport News Parks system, are open from sunrise to sunset.
The park also offers a small fishing pier
Pier
A pier is a raised structure, including bridge and building supports and walkways, over water, typically supported by widely spread piles or pillars...
, that can accommodate approximately a dozen fishing enthusiasts simultaneously. This pier offers fishing from a saltwater tributary of the James River.