Nothing in Jonesboro itself: Jacksonport State Park is 38 mi away
All of it lies outside: 3 places within 40 miles, none inside Jonesboro. SS Sultana, 54 mi away, is the best-known day out.
SS Sultana
US steamboat that exploded on April 27, 1865.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Where each one is
On the map, most of the 3 sit to the northwest.
Orange: Jonesboro. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Place after place
The list runs to 17 places, all within 60 miles.
2National Civil Rights Museum
Hotel that was site of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., now a museum.
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4Blues Hall of Fame
Award by Blues Foundation, since 2015 also a music museum in Memphis, Tennessee.
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11Edge Motor Museum
Automobile Museum in Memphis Tennessee, focusing on classic American Cars.
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Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Photo credits
SS Sultana: Template:Thomas W. Bankes, Public domain · National Civil Rights Museum: Matthew T Rader, CC BY-SA 4.0 · FedExForum: Marco Espino-Ovalle, Public domain · Blues Hall of Fame: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Orpheum Theatre: Claire H. from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Metal Museum: No machine-readable author provided. JeremyA assumed (based on copyright claims), CC BY-SA 2.5 · Burkle Estate: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Cotton Museum: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Edge Motor Museum: KyleStockton92, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fire Museum of Memphis: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY 3.0 · Jacksonport State Park: Jma661, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Memphis Railroad & Trolley Museum: Thomas R Machnitzki ([email protected]), CC BY 3.0 · Memphis Rock N' Soul Museum: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Powhatan Historic State Park: Thomas R Machnitzki ([email protected]), CC BY 3.0 · Eddie Mae Herron Center & Museum: Asimov72455, CC BY-SA 3.0
