Nothing in Cumberland itself: United States Penitentiary is 20 mi away
Roughly 765K visitors a year make it to Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. All of it lies outside: 5 places within 40 miles, none inside Cumberland. There are 2 museums, an ancient site and a mountain to choose from. Allow a day for Daniel Boone National Forest, 53 mi off.
Black Mountain
Mountain in Kentucky, United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
How they lie
The map stretches to Mountain Music Museum, 39 mi away.
Orange: Cumberland. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Best known first
Everything here is within 60 miles, 15 places in all.
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4Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
20,000 acres (Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia) operated by the U.S. National Park Service.
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8Andrew 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.
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12U.S. 23 Country Music Highway Museum
Local museum in Paintsville, Kentucky.
East Kentucky Science Center
Science center, planetarium in Prestonsburg, Kentucky.
14Magoffin County Pioneer Village and Museum
Open-air museum in Salyersville, Kentucky.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Cumberland → · Cumberland’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 Gap National Historical Park: J654567, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Breaks Interstate Park: SheepNotGoats (Talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Barter Theatre: RebelAt (talk) (Uploads), Public domain · Andrew Johnson National Historic Site: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0 · Hensley Settlement: National Park Service, Public domain · Mountain Homeplace: J654567, CC BY-SA 3.0 · U.S. 23 Country Music Highway Museum: J654567, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Magoffin County Pioneer Village and Museum: FloNight (Sydney Poore) and Russell Poore, CC BY-SA 3.0
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