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Community Profile
The Hilton Village commercial area located Elementary School. The city owns the parcels
between Hopkins Street and Post Street occupied by the Mariners’ Lake Natural Area,
was constructed as part of the original early Municipal Lane Park, and the Hilton Ravine and
20th century planned development. This Fishing Pier. Causey’s Mill Historic Park lies within
vibrant, pedestrian-friendly area includes both The Mariners’ Museum and Park property.
residential and commercial uses, featuring
higher-end restaurants, a bakery, specialty The Mariners’ Museum and Park
boutiques, consignment shops, beauty salons, The Mariners’ Museum and Park contains
local business offices and a community theater. approximately 464 acres with roughly 30 acres
east of Warwick Boulevard serving as buffers to
Industrial & Utility adjacent residential uses and the Chesapeake
Industrial and utility uses comprise 6.5% of land Bay Preservation Area. The park’s amenities are
use with a majority these uses located along privately owned and managed but are critical
the CSX railroad. Camp Morrison is a 100-acre assets to the surrounding neighborhoods and
site that had been used for industrial and the city. The Mariners’ Museum and Park is
warehouse uses for many decades. The site one of the largest privately owned free parks in
has been rezoned for mixed-use development, America. The Museum provides free or low-cost
which will transition the property from its prior educational opportunities to area residents and
industrial uses. Other elements that contribute tourists who visit from around the world.
to this category are a city pump station, cellular
communications towers and landscaping and The park area includes the Noland Trail, a five-
building supply companies. mile loop hiking and nature trail surrounding
the 167-acre Mariners’ Lake. The “Lion’s Bridge,”
Community Facilities a causeway over the outfall of Mariners Lake into
Community facilities make up 10.6% of existing the James River, is a notable landmark along the
land uses and include the Main Street Library; trail. Mariners’ Lake continues east of Warwick
Hilton Elementary and Warwick High School; The Boulevard and abuts the Mariners’ Lake Natural
Mariners’ Museum and Park; Police Museum; Area and an open space buffer containing
Riverside Regional Medical Center; Virginia Causey’s Mill Historic Park.
Health Services facilities; various churches and
church-affiliated schools and a funeral home.
Park and Open Space
Unlike many other parts of the city, the Greater
Hilton area has an extensive amount of parks
and open space, making up over one-third (38.3
acres) of the total acreage of the plan area. The
majority of this acreage is comprised of The
Mariners’ Museum and Park and Mariners’ Lake
Natural Area. Other park and open space sites
include Municipal Lane Park, Hilton Ravine and
Fishing Pier, an open space parcel owned by
Noland Trail
the Green Foundation, and recreational facilities
associated with Warwick High School and Hilton
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