
Worth the trip from Spartanburg: Grand Lake St. Marys State Park, 37 mi off
Spartanburg and its surroundings hold 9 museums, 4 gardens and a state park. None of our places to visit is inside Spartanburg; 16 are within 40 miles. Roughly 80K visitors a year make it to Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park. If you have a day, head to Kings Island, 59 mi away.

National Museum of the United States Air Force
Aerospace museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Around Spartanburg, mapped
Furthest out is Paul Laurence Dunbar House, at 40 mi.
Orange: Spartanburg. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Every place to visit
All of it lies within 60 miles: 41 places.
National Museum of the United States Air Force
Aerospace museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, United States.
National Aviation Hall of Fame
Aviation museum, annual awards ceremony, learning and research center.
Madonna of the Trail
Series of 12 monuments dedicated to the spirit of pioneer women in the United States.
Fort Recovery
United States Army fort in Fort Recovery, Ohio, now a museum.
Dayton Art Institute
Art museum and school in Dayton, Ohio, United States.
Huffman Prairie
Part of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park.
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
National historical park.
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
National Monument of the United States commemorating Charles Young (1864-1922), an escaped slave who became a Buffalo Soldier in the U.S. Army and its first African-American colonel.
Schuster Performing Arts Center
Performing arts center in Dayton, Ohio, United States.
Clark County Heritage Center
Location of the Clark County Historical Society.
David Owsley Museum of Art Ball State University
Museum in Muncie, Indiana.
Hayes Arboretum
Educational facility and a managed nature preserve in Richmond, Indiana, United States.
National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center
Museum of African American history and culture in Wilberforce, Ohio.
Robinson-Schwenn Building
Historic former theater in Hamilton, Ohio, United States.
The International Peace Museum
Peace museum in Dayton, Ohio, United States.
Wheeler Orchid Collection and Species Bank
Garden and seed bank in Indiana.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Spartanburg → · Spartanburg’s history →
Photo credits
Kings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · National Museum of the United States Air Force: No machine-readable author provided. Rogerd assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Grand Lake St. Marys State Park: Bruin, CC BY 2.0 · Madonna of the Trail: W. Guy Finley, Public domain · Peters Cartridge Company: Internet Archive Book Images, No restrictions · Ruoff Music Center: TownePost Network, CC BY 2.0 · Fort Recovery: Nyttend, Public domain · Lux Mundi: NTT72USA, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dayton Art Institute: Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Huffman Prairie: Wright Brothers, Public domain · Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum: Dcb1995 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · SunWatch Indian Village: Andrew Sawyer a.k.a. Asawyer sunwatch., Public domain · Armstrong Air and Space Museum: Tysto, Public domain · Levi Coffin House: Nyttend, Public domain · Boonshoft Museum of Discovery: Texas141, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument: Nyttend, Public domain · Shrine of the Holy Relics: Rfgagel, Public domain · America's Packard Museum: Chad Snoke, CC BY 3.0 · Minnetrista: XWHJ2004, CC BY 2.0 · Schuster Performing Arts Center: Jsteeber, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Champaign Aviation Museum: Champaign.Aviation.Museum, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Christy Woods: Kcflood (talk), Public domain · Riley Birthplace and Museum: Nyttend, Public domain · Abram Gaar House and Farm: Recline, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Clark County Heritage Center: Nyttend, Public domain · Cox Arboretum and Gardens MetroPark: Texas141, CC BY-SA 3.0 · David Owsley Museum of Art Ball State University: Matt Ruddick, CC BY 1.0 · Paul Laurence Dunbar House: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Richmond Art Museum: William Merritt Chase, Public domain · Bear's Mill: R.P. Piper from Lebanon, Ohio, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Robinson-Schwenn Building: Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0 · H.E. Fledderjohann Property: Nyttend, Public domain · Wheeler Orchid Collection and Species Bank: Dalton Holland Baptista, CC BY-SA 3.0
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