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Attractions near Blowing Rock

Just outside Blowing Rock: Blue Ridge Parkway and more

Around 16.5M people visit Blue Ridge Parkway each year. The town has no place on our list of its own; 15 are within 40 miles. Among them are 3 museums, 2 mountains and 2 theme parks. Beyond the town, Mount Mitchell sits 42 mi away.

Attractions nearby
25
within 60 miles
The big one
in town
Blue Ridge Parkway
Ski areas
2
Sugar Mountain Resort
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Parkway · in town

Blue Ridge Parkway

Scenic parkway that runs between Shenandoah National Park in west central Virginia and Great Smoky National Park in western North Carolina.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

The layout

The map ends at Mount Rogers, 37 mi out.

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

Everything nearby

Everything on the list

25 places, all within 60 miles, make the list.

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

Parks and trails in Blowing Rock → · Blowing Rock’s history →

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

Mount Mitchell: Unknown, Public domain · Blue Ridge Parkway: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Grandfather Mountain: Original uploader was KyleAndMelissa22 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Mount Rogers: USDA-FS, Public domain · Grayson Highlands State Park: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Cherokee National Forest: Ryan Rice at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chimney Rock State Park: Jmturner, Public domain · Linville Gorge Wilderness: No machine-readable author provided. Amcbride~commonswiki assumed (based on copy, Public domain · Sugar Mountain Resort: Mark Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Linville Falls: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Barter Theatre: RebelAt (talk) (Uploads), Public domain · Moses H. Cone Memorial Park: Bill Russ photographer, Public domain · Folk Art Center: Doug Coldwell, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Blue Ridge Music Center: RMLark, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Col. Silas Alexander Sharpe House: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D., CC BY-SA 4.0

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