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Attractions near Old Fort

Nothing in Old Fort itself: Mount Mitchell is 11 mi away

Blue Ridge Parkway sees about 16.5M visitors a year. The town has no place on our list of its own; 19 are within 40 miles. On the list: 3 museums, 2 mountains and 2 parks & preserves, among others. For a full day, there is Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 46 mi away.

Attractions nearby
47
within 60 miles
The big one
11 mi
Mount Mitchell
National park units
5
parks & monuments
Ski areas
3
Sugar Mountain Resort
Big draws
2
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Mountain · 11 mi northwest

Mount Mitchell

Highest mountain in the Eastern United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Around Old Fort, mapped

Furthest from the centre is Pisgah National Forest, 39 mi away.

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

Everything nearby

Every place to visit

All of it lies within 60 miles: 47 places.

Blue Ridge Parkway

Parkway · 6 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
Towns near it → · Official site · Wikipedia

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

Parks and trails in Old Fort → · Old Fort’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 · 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 · Peachoid: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Judaculla Rock: Spjctim, Public domain · Bon Secours Wellness Arena: Nicolas Henderson from Coppell, Texas, CC BY 2.0 · 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 · 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 · Andrew Johnson National Historic Site: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0 · 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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