18 mi from Coxton, United States Penitentiary leads the list
About 765K people a year visit Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. None of our places to visit is inside Coxton; 4 are within 40 miles. Among them are an ancient site, a mountain and a national historical park. Further afield lies Daniel Boone National Forest, at 45 mi.
United States Penitentiary
United States Federal High Security Prison.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The map view
The 4 outside town cluster to the southwest.
Orange: Coxton. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Place after place
Each of the 10 is within 60 miles.
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5Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
20,000 acres (Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia) operated by the U.S. National Park Service.
7Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
National Historic Site in the United States.
President Andrew Johnson Museum and Library
Presidential library and museum for U.S. President Andrew Johnson, located in Tusculum, Tennessee.
9Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Coxton → · Coxton’s history →
Photo credits
United States Penitentiary: Nyttend, Public domain · Black Mountain: iLoveMountains.org, CC BY 2.0 · Daniel Boone National Forest: Schwaltz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cumberland Falls: ChrisKuehl, Public domain · Cumberland Gap National Historical Park: J654567, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Andrew Johnson National Historic Site: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0 · Hensley Settlement: National Park Service, Public domain
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