1Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
Outdoor athletic stadium at the University of Mississippi.
Attractions near Ripley
Leave Ripley for Natchez Trace Parkway, 28 mi away
Natchez Trace Parkway sees about 8M visitors a year. Nothing on our list is inside Ripley; the 9 places to visit are within 40 miles. They include 5 museums, a parkway and a national military park. At 43 mi, Vaught–Hemingway Stadium is worth the journey.
Attractions nearby
14
within 60 miles
The big one
28 mi
Natchez Trace Parkway
National park units
3
parks & monuments
Parkway · 28 mi southeast
Natchez Trace Parkway
49,000 acres managed by the National Park Service.
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The map
The map view
Furthest from the centre is Elvis Presley Birthplace, 36 mi away.
Orange: Ripley. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
All 9 on the list
14 places make the list, every one within 60 miles.
Natchez Trace Parkway
49,000 acres managed by the National Park Service.
3Elvis Presley Birthplace
Historic museum at the birthplace of Elvis Presley.
4Graceland Too
Two-story home and shrine to Elvis Presley in Holly Springs, Mississippi.
5Shiloh National Military Park
National military park in Tennessee and Mississippi, United States.
6
7Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site
Battlefield in Mississippi, United States.
8Tupelo National Battlefield
Battlefield in Mississippi, United States.
9Boling-Gatewood House
Historic house, home of the Ida B. Wells-Barnett Museum.
10
12Lichterman Nature Center
Arboretum and nature center in East Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
13
14Oaklawn Garden
Botanical garden, park, local history museum in Germantown, Tennessee.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
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Photo credits
Vaught–Hemingway Stadium: Matthew Nichols, CC BY 2.0 · Natchez Trace Parkway: Carol M. Highsmith (1946–), Public domain · Elvis Presley Birthplace: Markuskun at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Graceland Too: Thomas R Machnitzki ([email protected]), CC BY 3.0 · Shiloh National Military Park: Ernest Mettendorf, Public domain · Pinson Mounds: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0 · Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site: Wilson44691, Public domain · Tupelo National Battlefield: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Boling-Gatewood House: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tupelo Automobile Museum: James Case from Philadelphia, Mississippi, U.S.A., CC BY 2.0 · Lichterman Nature Center: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Corinth Depot: Ron Cogswell, CC BY 2.0 · Oaklawn Garden: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0
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