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Attractions near Cedar Rock

The nearest draw to Cedar Rock: Blue Ridge Parkway, 16 mi away

Visits to Blue Ridge Parkway run to about 16.5M a year. Our list finds nothing inside Cedar Rock, but 13 places within 40 miles. The mix takes in 4 museums, 2 theme parks and a parkway. A day out reaches Mount Mitchell, 47 mi away.

Attractions nearby
29
within 60 miles
The big one
16 mi
Blue Ridge Parkway
National park units
2
parks & monuments
Ski areas
2
Sugar Mountain Resort
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Parkway · 16 mi northwest

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

Where things are

On the map, most of the 13 sit to the northwest.

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

Everything nearby

Every entry

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

Blue Ridge Parkway

Parkway · 16 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 Cedar Rock → · Cedar 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 · Lake Norman: Prince Grobhelm, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Grandfather Mountain: Original uploader was KyleAndMelissa22 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Mount Rogers: USDA-FS, Public domain · Peachoid: Carol M. Highsmith, 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 · North Carolina Transportation Museum: Unknown, Public domain · Kings Mountain National Military Park: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Cowpens National Battlefield: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Moses H. Cone Memorial Park: Bill Russ photographer, Public domain · Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden: Robert Nunnally, CC BY 2.0 · Blue Ridge Music Center: RMLark, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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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