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Attractions near Madison

Blue Ridge Parkway & 27 more attractions near Madison

28 notable places within 60 miles of Madison: 2 national park units, and the sights travelers look up most.

Attractions nearby
28
within 60 miles
The big one
33 mi
Blue Ridge Parkway
National park units
2
parks & monuments
Parkway · 33 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.

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What’s around Madison

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

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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 · 33 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 · 54 mi south · read 23K times a year on Wikipedia

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

700K visitors a year

Old Salem

Museum · 26 mi southwest · read 20K times a year on Wikipedia

Historic district and open-air museum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A..

Parks and trails in Madison → · Madison’s history →

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

Blue Ridge Parkway: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Smith Mountain Lake: Jay White, Public domain · Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium: BobHWS, 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 · Reynolda House Museum of American Art: Zsrarticle, CC BY-SA 4.0 · North Carolina Transportation Museum: Unknown, Public domain · Guilford Courthouse National Military Park: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · Greensboro Science Center: EmCnNC, CC BY-SA 3.0 · International Civil Rights Center and Museum: Mx._Granger, CC0 · Booker T. Washington National Monument: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · Carolina Theatre of Greensboro: No machine-readable author provided. Csbrummitt~commonswiki assumed (based on co, Public domain · 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 · Virginia Museum of Natural History: James St. John, CC BY 2.0 · Blue Ridge Music Center: RMLark, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jesse Helms Center: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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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