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Attractions near Roan Mountain

Worth the trip from Roan Mountain: Mount Mitchell, 31 mi off

Roughly 16.5M visitors a year make it to Blue Ridge Parkway. Nothing is mapped inside Roan Mountain, but 17 places to visit are within 40 miles. Among them are 3 museums, 2 mountains and 2 theme parks. Beyond the town, Mount Rogers sits 44 mi away.

Attractions nearby
28
within 60 miles
The big one
31 mi
Mount Mitchell
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Ski areas
2
Sugar Mountain Resort
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Mountain · 31 mi south

Mount Mitchell

Highest mountain in the Eastern United States.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Where to find them

The map ends at President Andrew Johnson Museum and Library, 39 mi out.

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

Everything nearby

Each place in turn

You will find all 28 within 60 miles.

Blue Ridge Parkway

Parkway · 15 mi southeast · read 93K times a year on Wikipedia

Scenic parkway that runs between Shenandoah National Park in west central Virginia and Great Smoky National Park in western North Carolina.

16.5M visitors a year
Towns near it → · Official site · Wikipedia

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Roan Mountain → · Roan Mountain’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
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 · Chimney Rock State Park: Jmturner, Public domain · 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 · North Carolina Arboretum: Ken Thomas, 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

Know a spot visitors miss?Locals know the overlook without the crowds and the diner the tour buses skip.
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