Blue Ridge Parkway
Scenic parkway that runs between Shenandoah National Park in west central Virginia and Great Smoky National Park in western North Carolina.
Attractions near Afton
Close to Afton: Blue Ridge Parkway and more
Blue Ridge Parkway sees about 16.5M visitors a year. With nothing inside Afton, the list has 14 places within 40 miles. They include 4 museums, 2 stadiums & arenas and 2 ski areas. Further afield lies Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, at 42 mi.
Attractions nearby
22
within 60 miles
The big one
in town
Blue Ridge Parkway
National park units
2
parks & monuments
Ski areas
2
Wintergreen Ski Resort
Parkway · in town
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 map
Mapped around Afton
Most of the 14 out of town lie to the east.
Orange: Afton. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
The full list
Nothing is inside Afton itself; these 22 are within 60 miles.
2Shenandoah National Park
195,000 acres in Virginia (US) maintained by the National Park Service.
3Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
1,700 acres in Virginia (US) managed by the National Park Service.
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5Skyline Drive
National Scenic Byway in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, USA.
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9George Washington and Jefferson National Forests
Pair of National Forests in the United States.
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11Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia
Living history museum in Staunton, Virginia, United States.
12Robert Russa Moton Museum
High school in Farmville, Virginia, United States.
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14Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection
Art Museum in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Paramount Theater
Theater and movie theater in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States.
Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College
Art museum at Randolph College in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Lynchburg Courthouse
Is a historic courthouse building located at Lynchburg, Virginia..
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits
Blue Ridge Parkway: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Shenandoah National Park: Image copyright 2005 by user G. Edward Johnson (user Lorax) and released under t, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Appomattox Court House National Historical Park: Doug Coldwell, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Luray Caverns: Paulo Ordoveza from Washington, DC, CC BY 2.0 · Scott Stadium: Mak7912, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Skyline Drive: Image copyright 2005 by user G. Edward Johnson (user Lorax) and released under t, CC BY-SA 3.0 · John Paul Jones Arena: Bob Mical, CC BY 2.0 · George Washington and Jefferson National Forests: Aneta Kaluzna, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Market Street Park: Chad Fennell, CC BY 2.0 · Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia: Woody Hibbard from Texas, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Robert Russa Moton Museum: William T. Ziglar, Jr., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fralin Museum of Art: SharpCrumbs, CC0 · Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection: Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Paramount Theater: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Exchange Hotel: Rutke421 (talk) 23:13, 9 August 2008 (UTC), Public domain · Anne Spencer House: Pubdog (talk), Public domain · Boxerwood Gardens: uploaded with permission by User:Leonard G.., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lynchburg Courthouse: Pubdog (talk), Public domain
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