1Oaklawn Garden
Botanical garden, park, local history museum in Germantown, Tennessee.
Attractions near Germantown
One to see in Germantown: Oaklawn Garden
Among the places to visit in and near Germantown are 18 museums, 3 gardens and 3 stadiums & arenas. We list one place to visit inside Germantown and 29 within 40 miles. Out of town, Vaught–Hemingway Stadium is 52 mi away.
Attractions nearby
34
within 60 miles
The big one
20 mi
SS Sultana
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Big draws
1
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Ancient site · 20 mi west
SS Sultana
US steamboat that exploded on April 27, 1865.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The map
The layout
The 29 outside town cluster to the west.
Orange: Germantown. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
The whole list for Germantown
It starts in town with one place and goes on to 33 within 60 miles.
3Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
Outdoor athletic stadium at the University of Mississippi.
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5National Civil Rights Museum
Hotel that was site of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., now a museum.
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7Blues Hall of Fame
Award by Blues Foundation, since 2015 also a music museum in Memphis, Tennessee.
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9Graceland Too
Two-story home and shrine to Elvis Presley in Holly Springs, Mississippi.
10Shiloh National Military Park
National military park in Tennessee and Mississippi, United States.
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13Chickasaw Gardens
Human settlement in Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America.
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Boling-Gatewood House
Historic house, home of the Ida B. Wells-Barnett Museum.
Art Museum of the University of Memphis
Abbreviation for the Art Museum of the University of Memphis, Tennessee.
Lichterman Nature Center
Arboretum and nature center in East Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Edge Motor Museum
Automobile Museum in Memphis Tennessee, focusing on classic American Cars.
The places inside Germantown 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 Germantown → · Germantown’s history →
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Photo credits
Oaklawn Garden: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · SS Sultana: Template:Thomas W. Bankes, Public domain · Vaught–Hemingway Stadium: Matthew Nichols, CC BY 2.0 · Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · National Civil Rights Museum: Matthew T Rader, CC BY-SA 4.0 · FedExForum: Marco Espino-Ovalle, Public domain · Blues Hall of Fame: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mid-South Coliseum: bcbuckner, CC BY 2.0 · Graceland Too: Thomas R Machnitzki ([email protected]), CC BY 3.0 · Shiloh National Military Park: Ernest Mettendorf, Public domain · Memphis Zoo: Unicurse, CC BY 3.0 · Pink Palace Museum and Planetarium: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chickasaw Gardens: Thomas R Machnitzki ([email protected]), CC BY 3.0 · Stax Museum: Victor Chapa from Denton, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Orpheum Theatre: Claire H. from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Memphis Brooks Museum of Art: Michael Gäbler, CC BY 3.0 · Dixon Gallery and Gardens: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metal Museum: No machine-readable author provided. JeremyA assumed (based on copyright claims), CC BY-SA 2.5 · Children's Museum of Memphis: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Boling-Gatewood House: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Burkle Estate: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Memphis Botanic Garden: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Art Museum of the University of Memphis: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Delta Cultural Center: Unknown, Public domain · Lichterman Nature Center: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Cotton Museum: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Edge Motor Museum: KyleStockton92, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fire Museum of Memphis: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY 3.0 · Jesse H Turner Park: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY 3.0 · Memphis Railroad & Trolley Museum: Thomas R Machnitzki ([email protected]), CC BY 3.0 · Memphis Rock N' Soul Museum: Thomas R Machnitzki, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tunica Museum: Djpinnow, CC BY-SA 3.0
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