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Attractions near Greenville

Seeing Greenville? Begin at Bon Secours Wellness Arena

Cowpens National Battlefield welcomes about 175K visitors a year. The town itself has 8 places on our list; 17 others are within 40 miles. Look for 10 museums, 3 lakes and 3 gardens. Day-trippers head 42 mi out to Blue Ridge Parkway.

Attractions nearby
39
within 60 miles
The big one
42 mi
Blue Ridge Parkway
National park units
4
parks & monuments
Parkway · 42 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 to go

Lake Hartwell, 38 mi away, is the farthest on the map.

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

Everything nearby

Every one of them

In town there are 8, and the list adds 31 more within 60 miles.

Blue Ridge Parkway

Parkway · 42 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

The places inside Greenville 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 Greenville → · Greenville’s history →

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

Bon Secours Wellness Arena: Nicolas Henderson from Coppell, Texas, CC BY 2.0 · Greenville County Museum of Art: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum: Thomson200, CC0 · Bob Jones University Museum and Gallery: Asheville Post Card Co., Asheville (publisher), Public domain · Upcountry History Museum: John Foxe, Public domain · Blue Ridge Parkway: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Memorial Stadium, Clemson: Caseyh at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pisgah National Forest: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Lake Hartwell: blahedo, CC BY-SA 2.5 · 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 · Judaculla Rock: Spjctim, Public domain · Chimney Rock State Park: Jmturner, Public domain · 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 · Fort Hill: blahedo, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Henderson County Courthouse: Todd McDougal, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Asheville Art Museum: Davidhuffcreative, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Botanical Gardens at Asheville: Zen Sutherland aka Zen sutherland at en.wikipedia, Public domain · 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 · 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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