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Attractions near Silver Lake

Worth the trip from Silver Lake: Fort Fisher, 12 mi off

Silver Lake’s list takes in 4 museums, 3 gardens and a landmark. With nothing inside Silver Lake, the list has 11 places within 40 miles. Some 56K visitors a year come to Moores Creek National Battlefield. Day-trippers head 49 mi out to Frying Pan Shoals Light.

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

Fort Fisher

Confederate fort in Wilmington, North Carolina.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Map of the places

The map ends at Moores Creek National Battlefield, 24 mi out.

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

Everything nearby

Every entry

Everything here is within 60 miles, 12 places in all.

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

Silver Lake’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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