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Attractions near Cooleemee

Lake Norman, 31 mi from Cooleemee

Cooleemee has 45 notable places within 60 miles, among them 1 national park unit. Travel 44 mi and you reach Bank of America Stadium.

Attractions nearby
45
within 60 miles
The big one
51 mi
Blue Ridge Parkway
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Parkway · 51 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

Mapped

The outermost point is Uwharrie National Forest, at 40 mi.

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

Everything nearby

Place by place

Everything here is within 60 miles, 45 places in all.

Blue Ridge Parkway

Parkway · 51 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

North Carolina Zoo

Zoo & aquarium · 46 mi east · read 23K times a year on Wikipedia

World’s largest natural habitat zoo located in Asheboro, North Carolina, United States.

700K 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 Cooleemee → · Cooleemee’s history →

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

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 · Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium: BobHWS, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bojangles Coliseum: James Willamor, CC BY-SA 3.0 · North Carolina Zoo: Diane Villa, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pilot Mountain: Berean Hunter, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Old Salem: David Bjorgen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hanging Rock State Park: Jacalyn Engler from Greensboro, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Uwharrie National Forest: U.S. Forest Service, Public domain · Reynolda House Museum of American Art: Zsrarticle, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Morrow Mountain: Hathcock at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 · Billy Graham Library: Billy Hathorn, CC BY 3.0 · North Carolina Transportation Museum: Unknown, Public domain · Mint Museum: Bz3rk, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bechtler Museum of Modern Art: Bechtler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Guilford Courthouse National Military Park: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · Discovery Place: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Greensboro Science Center: EmCnNC, CC BY-SA 3.0 · International Civil Rights Center and Museum: Mx._Granger, CC0 · 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 · Carolina Theatre of Greensboro: No machine-readable author provided. Csbrummitt~commonswiki assumed (based on co, Public domain · Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden: Robert Nunnally, CC BY 2.0 · Single Brothers' House: P. Hughes, CC BY 4.0 · Weatherspoon Art Museum: Ptncsu12, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Reynolda Gardens: P. Hughes, CC BY 4.0 · Richard Childress Racing Museum: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 · Greensboro Historical Museum: Rhpotter, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Old Davidson County Courthouse: Dennis Brown (Dennis Brown), CC BY-SA 3.0

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