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Attractions near Buena Vista

Leave Buena Vista for Sutter's Fort, 35 mi away

California State Railroad Museum draws about 500K visitors a year. Nothing is mapped inside Buena Vista, but 34 places to visit are within 40 miles. Among them are 15 museums, 5 state parks and 4 gardens. Out of town, Yosemite National Park is 59 mi away.

Attractions nearby
51
within 60 miles
The big one
59 mi
Yosemite National Park
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Ski areas
4
Kirkwood Mountain Resort
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
National Park · 59 mi east

Yosemite National Park

National park in California, United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Plotted on the map

Most of the 34 out of town lie to the northwest.

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Orange: Buena Vista. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

Every place, in and near Buena Vista

Nothing is inside Buena Vista itself; these 51 are within 60 miles.

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Buena Vista →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Yosemite National Park: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 · ARCO Arena: CLopez63, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sutter's Fort: Ian Howard, CC BY 2.5 · Governor's Mansion State Historic Park: Mark James Miller, CC BY 3.0 · Hornet Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · California State Railroad Museum: The original uploader was Swampyank at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Calaveras Big Trees State Park: John J. O'Brien (talk · contribs), Public domain · Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park: M.Mierzwa. MCalamari at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Adventist Health Arena: Christopher Bauer, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Crocker Art Museum: Amadscientist Mark James Miller, CC BY 3.0 · Western Railway Museum: LPS.1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Desolation Wilderness: Phreakdigital at English Wikipedia, GFDL · Kirkwood Mountain Resort: Gabeguss, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Stanislaus National Forest: U.S. National Park Service, Public domain · Old Sacramento State Historic Park: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dodge Ridge Ski Area: IanGad, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Railtown 1897 State Historic Park: Ed Bierman, CC BY 2.0 · Bear Valley: Shayan Sanyal, CC BY 2.0 · Aerospace Museum of California: J.smith, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Haggin Museum: Bluelight999, CC BY-SA 4.0 · The California Museum: Ldabrahams at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Sacramento Zoo: L Wade Brown (Grubbycup), CC BY-SA 3.0 · California State Capitol Museum: [2], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Crest Theatre: Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS Lucid: U.S. Navy photo, Public domain · William Land Park: Mymetlifebee$1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · California Automobile Museum: Cullen328, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gallo Center for the Arts: OsotedeMonte, CC BY 3.0 · McHenry Mansion: Rayana fazli at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Sacramento History Museum: Janannwa, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cesar E. Chavez Plaza: Lowe, Jet Related names: O'Connell, Kristen, transmitter California State Railr, Public domain · McKinley Park: Ingawh, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Micke Grove Zoo: Breck22, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Travis Air Force Base Aviation Museum: Nick DeCicco, Public domain · University of California, Davis, Arboretum and Public Garden: Shamanic Shift Center from Living and out reaching more in rainbow spacetime & c, CC BY 2.0 · Bohart Museum of Entomology: Jakobjess, CC BY-SA 4.0 · California State Indian Museum: Epp, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wells Fargo Pavilion: Amadscientist, Public domain · Woodland Opera House: Flickr user basykes, CC BY 2.0 · Bernhard Museum Complex: YankeeSpirit, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jensen Botanical Gardens: Kowloonese at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Rusch Botanical Gardens: Miwasatoshi, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sierra Nevada Logging Museum: Junkyardsparkle, CC0 · University Arboretum at California State University, Sacramento: DevinCook at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Eddy Arboretum: United States Forest Service, Public domain

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