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Fall skyline of Columbia SC from Arsenal HillPhoto: Akhenaton06 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Attractions near Columbia

Seeing Columbia? Begin at Williams-Brice Stadium

Some 288K visitors a year come to Congaree National Park. There are 6 places to visit inside Columbia, and 2 more within 40 miles. The commonest are 2 stadiums & arenas, 2 lakes and a zoo & aquarium. Further afield, Lake Marion is 55 mi from the centre.

Attractions nearby
11
within 60 miles
The big one
in town
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Lake
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Lake · in town

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Lake

Reservoir in Richland County, South Carolina, in the United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

How they lie

The list reaches out to Lake Murray, 25 mi away.

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

Everything nearby

In Columbia first, then the best known

After the 6 in town come 5 more within 60 miles.

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

Parks and trails in Columbia →

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

Williams-Brice Stadium: SRA MARVIN PRESTON, Public domain · Colonial Life Arena: Dfscgt21, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Riverbanks Zoo: Carlo Giovannetti (Thief12), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Columbia Museum of Art: Akhenaton06, CC BY-SA 3.0 · W. Gordon Belser Arboretum: Plantmatic, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Congaree National Park: Unknown, Public domain · Lake Murray: Greygh0st at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Lake Marion: http://www.terraprints.com, CC BY 2.5 · Andrew Jackson State Park: Chili555, CC BY-SA 3.0

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