The Robins Nature Center

2201 Shields Lake Drive, Richmond, VA, 23220
This entrance is the best place for new visitors to begin.

Public Transit

The GRTC transit system is zero fare until further notice. Take GRTC Line 78 to Meadow + Nevada, then walk about 0.4 mi, entering via the 1700 Hampton Street gates and through the park.

From Interstates 64 & 95

• Take Arthur Ashe Boulevard exit #78 (Route 161)
• Go south on Arthur Ashe Boulevard (Route 161) for two miles to the Byrd Park Reservoir
• Turn right at Grant Street/Blanton Avenue (Route 161) and go .03 miles to the Carillon monument
• Turn left at Park Drive (Route 161) and go .03 miles
• Turn left at Shirley Lane (last left before the Boulevard Bridge) and go one block (past the Maymont Farm entrance)
• Bear left (not the hard left onto Westover Road) and go one block into Byrd Park
• Turn right at Shields Lake Drive and continue around the lake to The Robins Nature Center parking lot on the right

From the Powhite Parkway (Route 76) via the Downtown Expressway (I-195) (From Southside, Midlothian)

• After the James River Bridge toll plaza, get in the right lane
• Bear right onto the Downtown Expressway (I-195 East)
• Take the first exit, bear left onto Maplewood Avenue, and go one block
• Turn right at S. Sheppard Street and go one block
• Merge onto Grant Street/Blanton Avenue (Route 161) and go .03 miles to the Carillon monument
• Turn left at Park Drive (Route 161) and go .03 miles
• Turn left at Shirley Lane (last left before Boulevard Bridge) and go one block (past the Maymont Farm entrance)
• Bear left (not the hard left onto Westover Road) and go one block into Byrd Park
• Turn right at Shields Lake Drive and continue around the lake to The Robins Nature Center parking lot on the right

From the Downtown Expressway (I-195) South (Heading south from the West End)

• Take the Cary Street/Grove Avenue exit ramp and bear left
• Turn left at the first stoplight, Cary Street (Route 147) and go east .09 miles
• Turn right at Arthur Ashe Boulevard (Route 161) and go .03 miles to the Byrd Park Reservoir
• Turn right at Grant Street/Blanton Avenue (Route 161) and go .03 miles to the Carillon monument
• Turn left at Park Drive (Route 161) and go .03 miles
• Turn left at Shirley Lane (last left before the Boulevard Bridge) and go one block (past the Maymont Farm entrance)
• Bear left (not the hard left onto Westover Road) and go one block into Byrd Park
• Turn right at Shields Lake Drive and continue around the lake to The Robins Nature Center parking lot on the right

From the Boulevard Bridge (North from Forest Hill, Westover Hills)

• Once through the Boulevard Bridge toll plaza, get in the right lane
• Take the first right at Shirley Lane and go one block (past the Maymont Farm entrance)
• Bear left (not the hard left onto Westover Road) and go one block into Byrd Park
• Turn right at Shields Lake Drive and continue around the lake to The Robins Nature Center parking lot on the right

From Downtown Richmond (Heading west from Ninth and Main Streets)

• Take Main Street west about two miles
• Turn left at Meadow Street and go one mile
• Turn right at Amelia Street and go two blocks
• Turn left at Shields Lake Drive and continue around the lake to The Robins Nature Center parking lot on the left.