Blue Ridge Parkway, 21 mi from Mountain City
Around 16.5M people visit Blue Ridge Parkway each year. Nothing is mapped inside Mountain City, but 14 places to visit are within 40 miles. There are 2 mountains, 2 theme parks and 2 parks & preserves to choose from. Beyond the town, Mount Mitchell sits 55 mi away.
Blue Ridge Parkway
Scenic parkway that runs between Shenandoah National Park in west central Virginia and Great Smoky National Park in western North Carolina.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The layout
Most of the 14 out of town lie to the south.
Orange: Mountain City. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Full list of places
22 places make the list, every one within 60 miles.
1Blue 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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10Linville Gorge Wilderness
Protected area in North Carolina, United States.
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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.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Mountain City → · Mountain City’s history →
Photo credits
Mount Mitchell: Unknown, Public domain · Blue Ridge Parkway: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Grandfather Mountain: Original uploader was KyleAndMelissa22 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Mount Rogers: USDA-FS, Public domain · 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 · Sugar Mountain Resort: Mark Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Linville Falls: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Barter Theatre: RebelAt (talk) (Uploads), Public domain · Moses H. Cone Memorial Park: Bill Russ photographer, Public domain · Blue Ridge Music Center: RMLark, CC BY-SA 4.0
