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Attractions near Lake Lure

In Lake Lure, Chimney Rock State Park is the place to visit

Blue Ridge Parkway sees about 16.5M visitors a year. Look within 40 miles and the list grows by 20 beyond the one inside Lake Lure. Among them are 4 gardens, 3 museums and 2 parks & preserves. Further out, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is 47 mi away.

Attractions nearby
45
within 60 miles
The big one
22 mi
Mount Mitchell
National park units
4
parks & monuments
Ski areas
3
Sugar Mountain Resort
Big draws
2
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Mountain · 22 mi north

Mount Mitchell

Highest mountain in the Eastern United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

On the map

The map stretches to Hatley Pointe, 39 mi away.

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

Everything nearby

The full list

It starts in town with one place and goes on to 44 within 60 miles.

The places inside Lake Lure lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Lake Lure → · Lake Lure’s history →

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

Chimney Rock State Park: Jmturner, Public domain · Mount Mitchell: Unknown, Public domain · Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Scott Basford, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Blue Ridge Parkway: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Grandfather Mountain: Original uploader was KyleAndMelissa22 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Pisgah National Forest: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Lake Jocassee: Clemson3564, Public domain · Lake Keowee: Inundated_38Oc1.jpg: Matthew T. Bradley from Berkshire County, Mass., USA deriva, CC BY 2.0 · Peachoid: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Judaculla Rock: Spjctim, Public domain · Bon Secours Wellness Arena: Nicolas Henderson from Coppell, Texas, CC BY 2.0 · Linville Gorge Wilderness: No machine-readable author provided. Amcbride~commonswiki assumed (based on copy, Public domain · DuPont State Forest: Ccalvin, CC BY-SA 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 · Kings Mountain National Military Park: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Table Rock State Park: Clemson3564, CC BY 3.0 · Cowpens National Battlefield: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Moses H. Cone Memorial Park: Bill Russ photographer, Public domain · North Carolina Arboretum: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Greenville County Museum of Art: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum: Thomson200, CC0 · Henderson County Courthouse: Todd McDougal, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Asheville Art Museum: Davidhuffcreative, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bob Jones University Museum and Gallery: Asheville Post Card Co., Asheville (publisher), Public domain · Botanical Gardens at Asheville: Zen Sutherland aka Zen sutherland at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Folk Art Center: Doug Coldwell, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Upcountry History Museum: John Foxe, Public domain · Hatcher Garden and Woodland Preserve: Photo by and (c)2006 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man), CC BY-SA 2.5 · Furman University Japanese Garden: Daderot, Public domain

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