Worth the trip from Whitesburg: United States Penitentiary, 30 mi off
With nothing inside Whitesburg, the list has 4 places within 40 miles. There are an ancient site, a mountain and a state park to choose from. A drive of 59 mi brings you to Daniel Boone National Forest.
Black Mountain
Mountain in Kentucky, United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Where they are
The 4 outside town cluster to the south.
Orange: Whitesburg. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Place by place
13 places, all within 60 miles, make the list.
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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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9U.S. 23 Country Music Highway Museum
Local museum in Paintsville, Kentucky.
10East Kentucky Science Center
Science center, planetarium in Prestonsburg, Kentucky.
12Magoffin 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 Whitesburg → · Whitesburg’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 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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