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Please navigate to the \"visitor centers\" section to select an individual visitor center and find directions to its location.","weatherInfo":"Summer, hot and humid. Fall and Spring, mild. Winter, cold with occasional ice and snow.","contacts":{"phone":"804-226-1981","email":"stephanie_pooler@nps.gov"},"visitorCenters":[{"name":"Chimborazo Medical Museum","description":"Visitor center focusing on Civil War medical practices. Exhibits and 17 minute orientation film.","url":"http://www.nps.gov/rich/planyourvisit/visitorcenters.htm","lat":37.52681660119179,"lon":-77.41221919980887},{"name":"Cold Harbor Battlefield Visitor Center","description":"Small visitor contact station with maps and interpretive displays about the 1862 Battle of Gaines's Mill and the 1864 Battle of Cold Harbor. Ranger programs offered daily during the summer season. Special Programs: June - Anniversary of the Battle of Cold Harbor. 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