Leave London for Daniel Boone National Forest, 16 mi away
Parks & monuments make up 4 of the 6 places on the list. London itself has none of them. Yearly visitors to Daniel Boone National Forest number about 2.5M. Further afield lies Red River Gorge, at 56 mi.
Daniel Boone National Forest
National forest in Kentucky.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Mapped around London
To the southwest is where most of the 6 lie.
Orange: London. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Every one of them
Its 14 places all lie 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.
6Fort Boonesborough State Park
State park and historic site in Kentucky, United States.
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8Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
In northeastern Tennessee and southeastern Kentucky, USA.
9Camp 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.
10Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument
National monument in Kentucky, United States of America.
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13Constitution 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.
Photo credits
Red River Gorge: Robert G. Davis, NWSRS, Public domain · 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 · Fort Boonesborough State Park: Bubba73, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Natural Bridge State Resort Park: Ken Thomas, Public domain · 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 · Blue Heron: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0 · Hensley Settlement: National Park Service, Public domain · Constitution Square State Historic Site: FloNight (Sydney Poore) and Russell Poore, CC BY-SA 3.0
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