Mountain Music Museum, the place to visit in Kingsport
Visitors to Kingsport can choose from 2 museums, an ancient site and a mountain. Look within 40 miles and the list grows by 7 beyond the one inside Kingsport. Visits to Andrew Johnson National Historic Site run to about 43K a year. Beyond the town, Mount Mitchell sits 54 mi away.
Mount Mitchell
Highest mountain in the Eastern United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Map of the places
Hatley Pointe marks the outer edge, 39 mi away.
Orange: Kingsport. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Every one of them
One in town leads, with 24 more within 60 miles after it.
3Great Smoky Mountains National Park
U.S. national park in Tennessee and North Carolina.
4Blue 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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10Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
20,000 acres (Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia) operated by the U.S. National Park Service.
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Linville Gorge Wilderness
Protected area in North Carolina, United States.
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.
Daniel Boone Native Gardens
Gardens located in Boone, North Carolina, United States.
The places inside Kingsport 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 Kingsport → · Kingsport’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 · Mount Rogers: USDA-FS, 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 · Grayson Highlands State Park: Ken Thomas, Public domain · 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 · Breaks Interstate Park: SheepNotGoats (Talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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
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