In Bedford, National D-Day Memorial is the place to visit
Blue Ridge Parkway draws about 16.5M visitors a year. Look within 40 miles and the list grows by 12 beyond the one inside Bedford. Among them are 6 museums, 2 landmarks and a parkway. The best-known trip out is to Appalachian Trail, 48 mi away.
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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On the map
The map ends at Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial, 40 mi out.
Orange: Bedford. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything to see
One in town leads, with 22 more within 60 miles after it.
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2Appalachian Trail
2,198.4-mile (3,538 km) trail going through fourteen US states managed by the National Park Service.
Blue Ridge Parkway
Scenic parkway that runs between Shenandoah National Park in west central Virginia and Great Smoky National Park in western North Carolina.
4Shenandoah National Park
195,000 acres in Virginia (US) maintained by the National Park Service.
5Project Greek Island
United States government continuity program in West Virginia (decommissioned).
6Lane Stadium
American football stadium on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, VA, US.
7Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
1,700 acres in Virginia (US) managed by the National Park Service.
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10Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial
1,000 acres in Virginia (USA), maintained by the Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation.
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13Booker T. Washington National Monument
224 acres managed by the U.S. National Park Service.
14Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia
Living history museum in Staunton, Virginia, United States.
Virginia Museum of Natural History
Natural history museum in Martinsville, Virginia.
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..
The places inside Bedford 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 Bedford → · Bedford’s history →
Photo credits
National D-Day Memorial: RebelAt at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Appalachian Trail: Paulba. Original uploader was Paulbalegend at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Project Greek Island: Z22, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lane Stadium: User:B, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Appomattox Court House National Historical Park: Doug Coldwell, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mountain Lake: Rolfmueller, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Smith Mountain Lake: Jay White, Public domain · Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial: Jamestown Official Photo Corp., Public domain · Virginia Museum of Transportation: Warfieldian, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Taubman Museum of Art: O Palsson, CC BY 2.0 · Booker T. Washington National Monument: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia: Woody Hibbard from Texas, USA, CC BY 2.0 · O. Winston Link Museum: Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Virginia Museum of Natural History: James St. John, CC BY 2.0 · Anne Spencer House: Pubdog (talk), Public domain · Hahn Horticulture Garden: Kim Peterson, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Staunton River Battlefield State Park: Virginia State Parks, CC BY 2.0 · Lynchburg Courthouse: Pubdog (talk), Public domain
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