United States Penitentiary, 33 mi from Mayking
With nothing inside Mayking, the list has 4 places within 40 miles. The commonest are an ancient site, a mountain and a state park. Beyond the town, the best known is Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, 48 mi off.
Black Mountain
Mountain in Kentucky, United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Plotted on the map
The map puts most of the 4 to the southwest.
Orange: Mayking. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Every one of them
Nothing is inside Mayking itself; these 12 are within 60 miles.
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3Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
20,000 acres (Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia) operated by the U.S. National Park Service.
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8U.S. 23 Country Music Highway Museum
Local museum in Paintsville, Kentucky.
9East Kentucky Science Center
Science center, planetarium in Prestonsburg, Kentucky.
11Magoffin 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 Mayking → · Mayking’s history →
Photo credits
United States Penitentiary: Nyttend, Public domain · Black Mountain: iLoveMountains.org, CC BY 2.0 · 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 · Hensley Settlement: National Park Service, Public domain · U.S. 23 Country Music Highway Museum: J654567, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mountain Homeplace: 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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