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Attractions near Brookford

Leave Brookford for Blue Ridge Parkway, 34 mi away

Each year, some 16.5M people go to Blue Ridge Parkway. There is no place to visit inside Brookford; there are 13 within 40 miles. The commonest are 4 museums, a parkway and a lake. Travel 52 mi and you reach Mount Mitchell.

Attractions nearby
36
within 60 miles
The big one
52 mi
Mount Mitchell
National park units
2
parks & monuments
Ski areas
1
Sugar Mountain Resort
Big draws
2
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Mountain · 52 mi west

Mount Mitchell

Highest mountain in the Eastern United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Where to find them

To the northwest is where most of the 13 lie.

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

Everything nearby

Place by place

36 places make the list, every one within 60 miles.

Blue Ridge Parkway

Parkway · 34 mi northwest · read 93K times a year on Wikipedia

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

16.5M visitors a year

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

Parks and trails in Brookford → · Brookford’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 · Bank of America Stadium: HangingCurve, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Blue Ridge Parkway: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Carowinds: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Norman: Prince Grobhelm, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Grandfather Mountain: Original uploader was KyleAndMelissa22 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Bojangles Coliseum: James Willamor, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Peachoid: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Chimney Rock State Park: Jmturner, Public domain · Linville Gorge Wilderness: No machine-readable author provided. Amcbride~commonswiki assumed (based on copy, Public domain · Billy Graham Library: Billy Hathorn, CC BY 3.0 · Sugar Mountain Resort: Mark Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Linville Falls: Ken Thomas, Public domain · North Carolina Transportation Museum: Unknown, Public domain · Mint Museum: Bz3rk, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kings Mountain National Military Park: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Cowpens National Battlefield: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Bechtler Museum of Modern Art: Bechtler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Moses H. Cone Memorial Park: Bill Russ photographer, Public domain · Discovery Place: Ken Thomas, Public domain · President James K. Polk Historic Site: JStephanMease, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Harvey B. Gantt Center: Mark Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Levine Museum of the New South: James Willamor, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden: Robert Nunnally, CC BY 2.0 · Jesse Helms Center: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Col. Silas Alexander Sharpe House: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D., CC BY-SA 4.0

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