Old Dominion Historic Mine Park

Wow, more than impressed with this park. It took me a little over 2 hours to look around. When you first park, it's a black gravel rocky lot with stairs to get up, or follow the gravel to the entrance- wish lot was paved. The nice thing is the main path in the park is paved to help with the accessibility aspect; note though, only limitation is for the mining buildings on the left - you'll only be able to see from afar. Other than that, the main path which goes straight to the left and right offer many interpretive exhibits- a free museum. There's a copper display at the front entrance. From there, to the left- there's old mining equipment next to a shaded large tri-fold sign. In front of that is the playground to the side. Ahead of that is more old mining equipment (including mine trains) laid out in 3 rows with signs. From there, if you venture forward up the trail, it's a short hike and you can get closer to the mining building structure and see the various rooms from a safe distance from behind the fence. You can also rest on the picnic table at the top of the hill for a scenic view, and behind you there's more mining equipment. To the right, on the main path, there's another section of an old mine building. If you choose to further go up the hill, it's a ~15 min hike up (one-way trail) where you get treated to birds-eye views and also signs along that way that teach you copper terminology. There's a side path that takes you to a stone structure with the park's name engraved. Overall, beautiful park and more than impressed!

Great historic site. So much to see and a lot to read along the way. They have a frisbee golf course there too and a really nice kids play ground! Very nice stop when passing through!

We searched for a place to take a break on our way and we found this place. The entrance of this place looks like an abandoned property but if you drive up to the hill you will find a place to park, then we walked up through the little gate and right there were restrooms and to the left. At first there is nothing in site then we walked all the way around we found two huge Ramadas and a very nice play place for the kids. The bathrooms were very clean. had a long story for the mining industry. There are few walking trails up the deserted mountain, there are warnings for rattle snakes. We were already tired with kids so we didn't take the hike. It was perfect for our family.