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Attractions near Ben Avon

Leave Ben Avon for Peachoid, 15 mi away

Kings Mountain National Military Park sees about 176K visitors a year. Look within 40 miles for the 15 places to visit; none is inside Ben Avon. The commonest are 5 museums, 2 zoos & aquariums and 2 gardens. Go 54 mi out for Blue Ridge Parkway.

Attractions nearby
40
within 60 miles
The big one
54 mi
Blue Ridge Parkway
National park units
4
parks & monuments
Parkway · 54 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.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Where they are

The 15 outside town cluster to the west.

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

Everything nearby

Everything to see

Look within 60 miles for all 40 places listed.

Blue Ridge Parkway

Parkway · 54 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 Ben Avon → · Ben Avon’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 · Carowinds: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Memorial Stadium, Clemson: Caseyh at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pisgah National Forest: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Lake Jocassee: Clemson3564, Public domain · Lake Keowee: Inundated_38Oc1.jpg: Matthew T. Bradley from Berkshire County, Mass., USA deriva, CC BY 2.0 · Peachoid: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Bon Secours Wellness Arena: Nicolas Henderson from Coppell, Texas, CC BY 2.0 · Chimney Rock State Park: Jmturner, Public domain · Billy Graham Library: Billy Hathorn, CC BY 3.0 · DuPont State Forest: Ccalvin, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ninety Six National Historic Site: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 · North Carolina Arboretum: Ken Thomas, Public domain · President James K. Polk Historic Site: JStephanMease, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Hill: blahedo, CC BY-SA 2.5 · 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 · Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden: Robert Nunnally, CC BY 2.0 · Folk Art Center: Doug Coldwell, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Woodburn Plantation: KudzuVine, Public domain · Abbeville Opera House: K. Armstrong, National Scenic Byways Online, Public domain · Hanover House: P. Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0 · South Carolina Botanical Garden: Daderot, Public domain · 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 · Clemson Area African American Museum: FefePipepipe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Furman University Japanese Garden: Daderot, Public domain

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