Worth the trip from Fall Branch: United States Penitentiary, 29 mi off
Fall Branch’s list takes in 2 museums, an ancient site and a mountain. Nothing on our list is inside Fall Branch; the 8 places to visit are within 40 miles. Roughly 43K visitors a year make it to Andrew Johnson National Historic Site. The best-known trip out is to Mount Mitchell, 49 mi away.
Mount Mitchell
Highest mountain in the Eastern United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Where to find them
Furthest from the centre is Black Mountain, 38 mi away.
Orange: Fall Branch. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
The complete list
All of it lies within 60 miles: 26 places.
2Great Smoky Mountains National Park
U.S. national park in Tennessee and North Carolina.
3Blue 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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9Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
20,000 acres (Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia) operated by the U.S. National Park Service.
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12Linville Gorge Wilderness
Protected area in North Carolina, United States.
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Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
National Historic Site in the United States.
President Andrew Johnson Museum and Library
Presidential library and museum for U.S. President Andrew Johnson, located in Tusculum, Tennessee.
Botanical Gardens at Asheville
Botanical garden in Asheville, North Carolina.
Daniel Boone Native Gardens
Gardens located in Boone, North Carolina, United States.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Fall Branch → · Fall Branch’s history →
Photo credits
Mount Mitchell: Unknown, Public domain · Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Scott Basford, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Blue Ridge Parkway: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Grandfather Mountain: Original uploader was KyleAndMelissa22 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · United States Penitentiary: Nyttend, Public domain · Black Mountain: iLoveMountains.org, CC BY 2.0 · Cumberland Gap National Historical Park: J654567, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cherokee National Forest: Ryan Rice at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Linville Gorge Wilderness: No machine-readable author provided. Amcbride~commonswiki assumed (based on copy, Public domain · Sugar Mountain Resort: Mark Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Linville Falls: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Barter Theatre: RebelAt (talk) (Uploads), Public domain · Andrew Johnson National Historic Site: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0 · Moses H. Cone Memorial Park: Bill Russ photographer, Public domain · Hensley Settlement: National Park Service, Public domain · 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
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