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The Bassett Woods: A Woodland Saunter

  • Colonial Williamsburg Bassett Trace Nature Trail Head Wiliamsburg, Virginia 23185 United States (map)

Henry Thoreau’s essay, Walking, describes the art of sauntering as “Holy-Landing,” a crusade undertaken to reclaim the paradise of our beginnings. We welcome you to join us and discover the contemplative peace of a true autumn saunter through one of our most beautiful woodland landscapes here in Williamsburg. “So we saunter toward the Holy Land, till one day the sun shall shine more brightly than ever he has done, shall perchance shine into our minds and hearts, and light up our whole lives with a great awakening light, as warm and serene and golden as on a bankside in autumn.”