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 Atkins
Nothing in Atkins itself: Blue Ridge Parkway is 32 mi away
A typical year brings about 16.5M visitors to Blue Ridge Parkway. Nothing on our list is inside Atkins; the 5 places to visit are within 40 miles. The commonest are a parkway, a mountain and a state park. For a full day, there is Lane Stadium, 59 mi away.
Attractions nearby
18
within 60 miles
The big one
32 mi
Blue Ridge Parkway
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Ski areas
1
Sugar Mountain Resort
Parkway · 32 mi southeast
Blue 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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Where to find them
The list reaches out to Blue Ridge Music Center, 37 mi away.
Orange: Atkins. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
The list in full
Everything here is within 60 miles, 18 places in all.
2Lane Stadium
American football stadium on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, VA, US.
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14Bluestone National Scenic River
4,310 acres in West Virginia (US) managed by the National Park Service.
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.
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 · Lane Stadium: User:B, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Grandfather Mountain: Original uploader was KyleAndMelissa22 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Mountain Lake: Rolfmueller, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Breaks Interstate Park: SheepNotGoats (Talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sugar Mountain Resort: Mark Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Barter Theatre: RebelAt (talk) (Uploads), Public domain · Moses H. Cone Memorial Park: Bill Russ photographer, Public domain · Bluestone National Scenic River: Dave Bieri, Public domain · Blue Ridge Music Center: RMLark, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Glencoe Museum: Skye Marthaler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hahn Horticulture Garden: Kim Peterson, CC BY-SA 3.0
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