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Attractions near Drexel

Mount Mitchell & 42 more attractions near Drexel

43 notable places within 60 miles of Drexel: 3 national park units, 2 ski areas, and the sights travelers look up most.

Attractions nearby
43
within 60 miles
The big one
37 mi
Mount Mitchell
National park units
3
parks & monuments
Ski areas
2
Sugar Mountain Resort
Big draws
2
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Mountain · 37 mi west

Mount Mitchell

Highest mountain in the Eastern United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

What’s around Drexel

Orange: Drexel. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

Best known first

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

Blue Ridge Parkway

Parkway · 22 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

Parks and trails in Drexel → · Drexel’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 · 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 · 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 · Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site: Victoria Stauffenberg, 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 · North Carolina Arboretum: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Harvey B. Gantt Center: Mark Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Levine Museum of the New South: James Willamor, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Henderson County Courthouse: Todd McDougal, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Asheville Art Museum: Davidhuffcreative, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Botanical Gardens at Asheville: Zen Sutherland aka Zen sutherland at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden: Robert Nunnally, CC BY 2.0 · Folk Art Center: Doug Coldwell, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Col. Silas Alexander Sharpe House: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D., CC BY-SA 4.0

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