A day out from Ferguson: Lake Cumberland, 28 mi away
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area welcomes about 774K visitors a year. No place to visit is mapped inside Ferguson; 6 are within 40 miles. The mix takes in 2 museums, a lake and a waterfall. Drive 43 mi to reach Daniel Boone National Forest.
Lake Cumberland
Man-made reservoir in Kentucky, United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Mapped
Head to the south for most of the 6 on the list.
Orange: Ferguson. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
All the places to visit
Look within 60 miles for all 12.
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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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6Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
In northeastern Tennessee and southeastern Kentucky, USA.
7Camp Nelson National Monument
525-acre (2.12 km2) national monument, historical museum and park located in southern Jessamine County, Kentucky, United States, 20 miles (32 km) south of Lexington, Kentucky.
8Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument
National monument in Kentucky, United States of America.
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11Constitution Square State Historic Site
Open-air museum in Danville, Kentucky.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Ferguson → · Ferguson’s history →
Photo credits
Lake Cumberland: Censusdata at English Wikipedia, Public domain · 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 · Pleasant Hill: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0 · Camp Nelson National Monument: C. Bedford Crenshaw, aka Bedford at English Wikipedia, Attribution · Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument: C. Bedford Crenshaw, Attribution · Old Fort Harrod State Park: FloNight (Sydney Poore) and Russell Poore, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Blue Heron: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0 · Constitution Square State Historic Site: FloNight (Sydney Poore) and Russell Poore, CC BY-SA 3.0
