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Attractions near Tusculum

In Tusculum, President Andrew Johnson Museum and Library is the place to visit

Visits to Blue Ridge Parkway run to about 16.5M a year. Mapped inside Tusculum is one place to visit, and within 40 miles another 8. They include 2 museums, a mountain and a national park. The big name further out is Dollywood, 51 mi from the centre.

Attractions nearby
41
within 60 miles
The big one
51 mi
Dollywood
National park units
3
parks & monuments
Ski areas
3
Hatley Pointe
Big draws
4
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Theme park · 51 mi southwest

Dollywood

Theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, USA.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Where they are

Furthest from the centre is United States Penitentiary, 39 mi away.

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

Everything nearby

Place by place

The one inside Tusculum comes first, then 40 more within 60 miles.

Blue Ridge Parkway

Parkway · 37 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

The places inside Tusculum 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 Tusculum → · Tusculum’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Dollywood: Brian Stansberry (photographer), CC BY 2.5 · Mount Mitchell: Unknown, Public domain · Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Scott Basford, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kuwohi: C. Kenneth Dodd, Jr., Public domain · Blue Ridge Parkway: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Grandfather Mountain: Original uploader was KyleAndMelissa22 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Mount Le Conte: No machine-readable author provided. Blinutne assumed (based on copyright claims, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pisgah National Forest: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Alcatraz East: EricaLewHouse, CC BY-SA 4.0 · United States Penitentiary: Nyttend, Public domain · Black Mountain: iLoveMountains.org, CC BY 2.0 · Titanic Museum: Doug Coldwell, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · 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 · Museum of Salt and Pepper Shakers: Aludden1, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hensley Settlement: National Park Service, Public domain · Museum of the Cherokee People: Missvain, CC BY 4.0 · Oconaluftee Indian Village: Jan Kronsell, CC BY-SA 2.5 · 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 · Southern Gospel Museum and Hall of Fame: DollyFanJoie at English Wikipedia, Public domain

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