25 mi from Wallins Creek, United States Penitentiary leads the list
A typical year brings about 765K visitors to Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. Nothing is mapped inside Wallins Creek, but 4 places to visit are within 40 miles. They include an ancient site, a mountain and a national historical park. Daniel Boone National Forest is worth a day, 40 mi from the centre.
United States Penitentiary
United States Federal High Security Prison.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The lie of the land
Most of the 4 out of town lie to the east.
Orange: Wallins Creek. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Best known first
Look within 60 miles for all 11.
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5Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
20,000 acres (Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia) operated by the U.S. National Park Service.
7Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
National Historic Site in the United States.
8President Andrew Johnson Museum and Library
Presidential library and museum for U.S. President Andrew Johnson, located in Tusculum, Tennessee.
10Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Wallins Creek → · Wallins Creek’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 Falls: ChrisKuehl, Public domain · Cumberland Gap National Historical Park: J654567, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Andrew Johnson National Historic Site: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0 · Museum of Appalachia: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0 · Hensley Settlement: National Park Service, Public domain
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