Fallingwater
House designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Pennsylvania.
Attractions near Swanton
Leave Swanton for Fallingwater, 33 mi away
A typical year brings about 4.6M visitors to Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. Nothing is mapped inside Swanton, but 16 places to visit are within 40 miles. On the list: 5 ski areas, 2 museums and 2 zoos & aquariums, among others. At 44 mi, Flight 93 National Memorial is worth the journey.
Attractions nearby
31
within 60 miles
The big one
33 mi
Fallingwater
National park units
5
parks & monuments
Ski areas
6
Wisp Resort
Big draws
2
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Museum · 33 mi north
Fallingwater
House designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Pennsylvania.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The map
How they lie
At the edge of the map sits Seven Springs Mountain Resort, 39 mi out.
Orange: Swanton. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
All of them, one by one
These 31 are within 60 miles, none in town.
2Flight 93 National Memorial
Shanksville, Pennsylvania memorial to the 4th plane that crashed on 9/11.
3
4Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium
American football stadium in West Virginia, US.
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7Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Historic fort and battlefield in Pennsylvania USA.
Idlewild and Soak Zone
Children's amusement park near Ligonier, Pennsylvania, USA.
10Fort Ligonier
British fortification from the French and Indian War in Ligonier, Pennsylvania.
11Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National Historical Park located in the District of Columbia and the states of Maryland and West Virginia.
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13Ohiopyle State Park
State park in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States.
14Laurel Mountain Ski Resort
Mountain in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
Historic house in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park
Historic site in Frederick, Shenandoah, and Warren counties, Virginia.
Fort Bedford
Historic military fortification in Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA.
Literary Hall
Mid-19th-century library and museum in Romney, West Virginia.
West Virginia Botanic Garden
Park in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States of America.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Swanton → · Swanton’s history →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits
Fallingwater: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Flight 93 National Memorial: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dolly Sods Wilderness: Valerius Tygart, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Mount Davis: Wikiuser100, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Spruce Mountain: Valerius Tygart, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Necessity National Battlefield: Wilson44691, CC0 · Fort Ligonier: The original uploader was Mind meal at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park: Bonnachoven, CC0 · Blackwater Falls: Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant), CC BY-SA 2.5 · Ohiopyle State Park: Hubert Stoffels from Pittsburgh, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Laurel Mountain Ski Resort: jcalz (talk)calzarette, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Canaan Valley Ski Resort: Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant), CC BY-SA 2.5 · Museum of the Shenandoah Valley: GustaveCourbet, Public domain · Friendship Hill National Historic Site: The original uploader was ScottyBoy900Q at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park: APK, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Earl L. Core Arboretum: Darren Ringer, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Glen Burnie: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Literary Hall: Justin A. Wilcox from Washington, D.C., United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Coffee Pot: Jeff Kubina from Columbia, Maryland, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Bedford Village Archeological Site: thisisbossi, CC BY-SA 2.0
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