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Attractions near Welcome

Blue Ridge Parkway & 38 more attractions near Welcome

39 notable places within 60 miles of Welcome: 3 national park units, and the sights travelers look up most.

Attractions nearby
39
within 60 miles
The big one
40 mi
Blue Ridge Parkway
National park units
3
parks & monuments
Parkway · 40 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.

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Blue Ridge Parkway

Parkway · 40 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

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

Blue Ridge Parkway: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Memorial Stadium, Clemson: Caseyh at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Currahee Mountain: Wikilackey (talk), Public domain · 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 · Bon Secours Wellness Arena: Nicolas Henderson from Coppell, Texas, CC BY 2.0 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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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