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Attractions near Welcome

Blue Ridge Parkway & 38 more attractions near Welcome

39 notable places within 60 miles of Welcome: 1 national park unit, and the sights travelers look up most. Richard Childress Racing Museum is inside Welcome.

Attractions nearby
39
within 60 miles
The big one
53 mi
Blue Ridge Parkway
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Parkway · 53 mi north

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 map

What’s around Welcome

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

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© OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

In Welcome first, then the best known

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

North Carolina Zoo

Zoo & aquarium · 34 mi southeast · read 23K times a year on Wikipedia

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

700K visitors a year

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

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

Richard Childress Racing Museum: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bank of America Stadium: HangingCurve, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Blue Ridge Parkway: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Lake Norman: Prince Grobhelm, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium: BobHWS, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bojangles Coliseum: James Willamor, 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 · Uwharrie National Forest: U.S. Forest Service, Public domain · Reynolda House Museum of American Art: Zsrarticle, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Morrow Mountain: Hathcock at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 · North Carolina Transportation Museum: Unknown, Public domain · Mint Museum: Bz3rk, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bechtler Museum of Modern Art: Bechtler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Guilford Courthouse National Military Park: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · Discovery Place: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Greensboro Science Center: EmCnNC, CC BY-SA 3.0 · International Civil Rights Center and Museum: Mx._Granger, CC0 · Harvey B. Gantt Center: Mark Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Levine Museum of the New South: James Willamor, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · 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 · Col. Silas Alexander Sharpe House: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D., CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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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