Blue Ridge Parkway, 17 mi from Lenoir
Yearly visitors to Blue Ridge Parkway number about 16.5M. Look within 40 miles for the 13 places to visit; none is inside Lenoir. Among them are 4 museums, 2 theme parks and a parkway. A drive of 43 mi brings you to Mount Mitchell.
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 lie of the land
Furthest out is Col. Silas Alexander Sharpe House, at 37 mi.
Orange: Lenoir. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Place by place
Everything here is within 60 miles, 28 places in all.
1Blue Ridge Parkway
Scenic parkway that runs between Shenandoah National Park in west central Virginia and Great Smoky National Park in western North Carolina.
3Sullenberger Aviation Museum
Aviation museum in North Carolina, United States.
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13Linville Gorge Wilderness
Protected area in North Carolina, United States.
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Cowpens National Battlefield
Unit of the National Park Service in South Carolina, United States.
Col. Silas Alexander Sharpe House
Historic home located at Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina.
Daniel Boone Native Gardens
Gardens located in Boone, North Carolina, United States.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Lenoir → · Lenoir’s history →
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 · 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 · Folk Art Center: Doug Coldwell, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Blue Ridge Music Center: RMLark, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Col. Silas Alexander Sharpe House: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D., CC BY-SA 4.0
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