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Attractions near Carbondale

15 mi from Carbondale, Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park leads the list

Carbondale has 27 notable places within 60 miles, among them 2 national park units. Roughly 18K visitors a year make it to Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park. A day out reaches Sporting Park, 51 mi away.

Attractions nearby
27
within 60 miles
The big one
52 mi
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
National park units
2
parks & monuments
National Preserve · 52 mi southwest

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

In the Flint Hills region of Kansas, US.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Finding your way

The map puts most of the 15 to the north.

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

Everything nearby

The complete list

These 27 are all 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 Carbondale → · Carbondale’s history →

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

Sporting Park: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve: Samstone13, CC BY-SA 4.0 · U.S. Disciplinary Barracks Cemetery: Gorsedwa at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Legends Field: Unknown, Public domain · Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Park: James Michael DuPont, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Spencer Museum of Art: Alan Islas, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Combat Air Museum: Eric Friedebach, CC BY 3.0 · University of Kansas Natural History Museum: InaMaka, CC BY 3.0 · Granada Theater: Catboy69, CC0 · Kansas Museum of History: Sesamehoneytart, CC BY-SA 4.0 · National Teachers Hall of Fame: Corkythehornetfan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Flint Hills Discovery Center: Kgwo1972, CC BY-SA 3.0 · English Landing Park: Laura Gilchrist from Kansas City, United States, CC BY 2.0 · Elizabeth M. Watkins Community Museum: Bhall87 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Old Depot Museum: Bhall87 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Old Prairie Town at Ward-Meade Historic Site: OldPrairieTown1, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Reinisch Rose Garden and Doran Rock Garden: Marion Doss, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Vox Theatre: Alistair Tutton, CC BY-SA 3.0

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