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Attractions near Hightsville

Fort Fisher, 21 mi from Hightsville

Hightsville has 12 notable places within 60 miles, among them 1 national park unit. A typical year brings about 56K visitors to Moores Creek National Battlefield. Day-trippers head 58 mi out to Frying Pan Shoals Light.

Attractions nearby
12
within 60 miles
The big one
21 mi
Fort Fisher
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Landmark · 21 mi south

Fort Fisher

Confederate fort in Wilmington, North Carolina.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

The places, mapped

Head to the south for most of the 11 on the list.

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

Everything nearby

All the places to visit

The list runs to 12 places, all within 60 miles.

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

Hightsville’s history →

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

Fort Fisher: Eric T. Gunther, CC BY 3.0 · Frying Pan Shoals Light: U.S. Department of Defense, Public domain · Orton Plantation: AgnosticPreachersKid., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Brunswick Town: Brunswick1726, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Moores Creek National Battlefield: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Thalian Hall: Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cape Fear Museum: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cameron Art Museum: Starjelly3201, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Fisher Visitor Center: TomasVial, CC BY-SA 4.0

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