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Attractions near Ridgecrest

One to see in Ridgecrest: Florida Botanical Gardens

Busch Gardens Tampa sees about 4M visitors a year. Mapped inside Ridgecrest is one place to visit, and within 40 miles another 52. The commonest are 25 museums, 6 stadiums & arenas and 4 gardens. Allow a day for Weeki Wachee Springs, 46 mi off.

Attractions nearby
70
within 60 miles
The big one
27 mi
Anna Maria Island
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Big draws
2
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Beach · 27 mi south

Anna Maria Island

Island in Florida, United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Where to find them

Out at 39 mi is Sarasota Jungle Gardens, the farthest.

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

Everything nearby

The list in full

The one inside Ridgecrest comes first, then 69 more within 60 miles.

The places inside Ridgecrest lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Ridgecrest → · Ridgecrest’s history →

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

Tropicana Field: EaglesFanInTampa, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Raymond James Stadium: NASA, Public domain · Anna Maria Island: Bfpage at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 · Benchmark International Arena: Miosotis Jade, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Busch Gardens Tampa: Wolle8ball, CC BY 3.0 · Salvador Dalí Museum: Taty2007, CC BY 3.0 · Yuengling Center: User:TheCustomOfLife, Public domain · John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art: Taty2007, CC BY 3.0 · Fort De Soto Park: Christopher Hollis, Public domain · Al Lang Stadium: Franksgiving, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Weeki Wachee Springs: Leonard J. DeFrancisci, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Honeymoon Island State Park: Christopher Hollis, Public domain · Siesta Beach: 4net, CC BY 3.0 · Henry B. Plant Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY 2.5 · Myakka River State Park: Mx. Granger, CC0 · Tampa Riverwalk: Barbthebuilder, CC BY-SA 3.0 · MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Adventure Island: rickpilot_2000, CC BY 2.0 · Egmont Key State Park: The original uploader was Dlohcierekim's sock at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5 · Florida Aquarium: Zeng8r (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · McKechnie Field: User Jamesb01 on en.wikipedia, Public domain · Mote Marine Laboratory: Will Pittenger, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dinosaur World: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ed Smith Stadium: Newsthug, CC0 · Sunken Gardens: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Florida Railroad Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Straz Center for the Performing Arts: Barbthebuilder, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · De Soto National Memorial: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Museum of Science & Innovation: Tampa MOSI at en.wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 · Tampa Museum of Art: Zeng8r at English Wikipedia, FAL · The Ritz Ybor: Infrogmation of New Orleans, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bishop Museum of Science and Nature: Netweave, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Marie Selby Botanical Gardens: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cracker Country: Cvwayne, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Florida Holocaust Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sarasota Jungle Gardens: Rpgray, Public domain · Tampa Bay History Center: Christopher Hollis, Public domain · Florida Museum of Photographic Arts: Fmopa, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Polk Theatre: Ebyabe, CC BY 2.5 · Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art: Kiran891, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Morean Arts Center: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sarasota Opera House: Viva-Verdi, Public domain · The James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art: LittleT889, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tiki Gardens: Florida Division of Tourism, Public domain · Brooksville Railroad Depot Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art: Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, CC0 · Palma Sola Botanical Park: Asit K. Ghosh Thaumaturgist, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sarasota Classic Car Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tampa Bay Automobile Museum: dave_7, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Dunedin History Museum: AbeEzekowitz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Explorations V Children's Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Hollis Garden: VisitCentralFL, CC BY 2.0 · Mulberry Phosphate Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Rialto Theatre: Candleabracadabra, CC BY-SA 3.0 · St. Petersburg Museum of History: Myotus, CC BY 4.0 · University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum: Mardcarr, CC BY-SA 4.0

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