Worth the trip from McRoberts: Black Mountain, 25 mi off
With nothing inside McRoberts, the list has 3 places within 40 miles. Among them are a mountain, a state park and a museum. United States Penitentiary lies 40 mi out, the pick for a day trip.
Black Mountain
Mountain in Kentucky, United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
On the map
The outermost point is East Kentucky Science Center, at 33 mi.
Orange: McRoberts. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Each place in turn
The list runs to 11 places, all 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.
East Kentucky Science Center
Science center, planetarium in Prestonsburg, Kentucky.
10Magoffin 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 McRoberts → · McRoberts’ 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 · 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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