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Main street in FranklinPhoto: Piccor at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Attractions near Franklin

A day out from Franklin: Lake Peigneur, 31 mi away

Look within 40 miles for the 4 places to visit; none is inside Franklin. On the list: 2 museums, a lake and a garden, among others. Make a day of it at Tiger Stadium, 48 mi away.

Attractions nearby
20
within 60 miles
The big one
31 mi
Lake Peigneur
Big draws
1
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Lake · 31 mi northwest

Lake Peigneur

Lake in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, USA.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

The map view

To the northwest is where most of the 4 lie.

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Orange: Franklin. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

Everything to see

The list runs to 20 places, all within 60 miles.

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Franklin →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Tiger Stadium: Daniel Foster, CC BY-SA 2.0 · USS Kidd: Cobatfor, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Whitney Plantation Historic District: Bill Leiser, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cajun Field at Our Lady of Lourdes Stadium: Jcarriere, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pete Maravich Assembly Center: Spatms, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jungle Gardens: Skb8721, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Baton Rouge Zoo: Kkmurray, CC BY 2.5 · Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site: Mike (msm62166), CC BY 2.0 · Shaw Center for the Arts: UrbanPlanet BR (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company Depot: Niagara, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Edward Douglass White House: Z28scrambler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Highland Road Community Park: Spatms, CC BY-SA 4.0 · LSU Hilltop Arboretum: H.dryad, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Louisiana State Museum – Baton Rouge: see above, CC BY 3.0 · Louisiana State Museum – Patterson: HistLA1, CC BY-SA 3.0

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