From Telford, 37 mi to Mount Mitchell
Each year, some 16.5M people go to Blue Ridge Parkway. There is no place to visit inside Telford; there are 11 within 40 miles. The mix takes in 2 ski areas, 2 museums and a mountain. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 45 mi away, is the best-known day out.
Mount Mitchell
Highest mountain in the Eastern United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Where things are
At the edge of the map sits United States Penitentiary, 40 mi out.
Orange: Telford. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
The list in full
31 places, all within 60 miles, make the list.
2Great Smoky Mountains National Park
U.S. national park in Tennessee and North Carolina.
3Blue 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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9Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
20,000 acres (Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia) operated by the U.S. National Park Service.
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14Linville Gorge Wilderness
Protected area in North Carolina, United States.
Catawba Falls
Series of waterfalls on the Catawba River in North Carolina, United States.
Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
National Historic Site in the United States.
North Carolina Arboretum
Arboretum and botanical garden in Asheville, North Carolina, United States.
President Andrew Johnson Museum and Library
Presidential library and museum for U.S. President Andrew Johnson, located in Tusculum, Tennessee.
Botanical Gardens at Asheville
Botanical garden in Asheville, North Carolina.
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 Telford → · Telford’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 · 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 · 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 · Catawba Falls: Wncoutdoors, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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
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