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Attractions near Franklin

McLemore House is Franklin’s place to visit

Natchez Trace Parkway sees about 8M visitors a year. We list one place to visit inside Franklin and 28 within 40 miles. There are 12 museums, 6 stadiums & arenas and 3 theatres to choose from. Beyond the town, the best known is Bell Witch Cave, 48 mi off.

Attractions nearby
33
within 60 miles
The big one
16 mi
Parthenon
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Museum · 16 mi north

Parthenon

Parthenon in Nashville.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Where they are

On the map, most of the 28 sit to the north.

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

Everything nearby

Place by place

It starts in town with one place and goes on to 32 within 60 miles.

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

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

McLemore House: Skye Marthaler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Nissan Stadium: Kaldari, CC0 · Ryman Auditorium: Unknown, CC0 · Parthenon: Mayur Phadtare, CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Hermitage: Jim Bowen from Zhenhai, China, CC BY 2.0 · Bridgestone Arena: EVula, CC BY 3.0 · FirstBank Stadium: Mhar564, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Geodis Park: CheckeredYeti, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum: Sean Russell from Knoxville, TN, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Natchez Trace Parkway: Carol M. Highsmith (1946–), Public domain · Bell Witch Cave: Www78, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Percy Priest Lake: USACE photo by Todd Yann, Public domain · First Horizon Park: Shane Raynor, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nashville Municipal Auditorium: Ɱ, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Schermerhorn Symphony Center: Ryan Kaldari, CC0 · Centennial Park: Ramullins42, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Nashborough: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Negley: Photographed by George Barnard (1819–1902), Public domain · Mount Olivet Cemetery: David Antis from Nashville, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Old Stone Fort: Mike Finn from Worcester, United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0 · Stones River National Battlefield: Kenneth Everett, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Johnny Cash Museum: Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Nashville Zoo at Grassmere: Peter Meenen, CC BY 2.5 · Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art: Unknown, Public domain · Frist Art Museum: Kathleen Conklin from Falls Church, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Lane Motor Museum: dave_7, CC BY 2.0 · Tennessee State Museum: Tennessee State Museum, Public domain · Tennessee Performing Arts Center: Unknown, Public domain

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