Appalachian Trail
2,198.4-mile (3,538 km) trail going through fourteen US states managed by the National Park Service.
Attractions near Belspring
A day out from Belspring: Appalachian Trail, 17 mi away
Each year, some 16.5M people go to Blue Ridge Parkway. The town has no place on our list of its own; 12 are within 40 miles. Among them are 4 museums, a park & preserve and a parkway. Beyond the town, the best known is Project Greek Island, 44 mi off.
Attractions nearby
23
within 60 miles
The big one
17 mi
Appalachian Trail
National park units
3
parks & monuments
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Park & preserve · 17 mi northeast
Appalachian Trail
2,198.4-mile (3,538 km) trail going through fourteen US states managed by the National Park Service.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The map
Plotted on the map
Head to the east for most of the 12 on the list.
Orange: Belspring. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
Place by place
23 places, all within 60 miles, make the list.
2Blue Ridge Parkway
Scenic parkway that runs between Shenandoah National Park in west central Virginia and Great Smoky National Park in western North Carolina.
3New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Unit of the United States National Park System in West Virginia.
4Project Greek Island
United States government continuity program in West Virginia (decommissioned).
5Lane Stadium
American football stadium on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, VA, US.
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10The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve
Boy Scouts of America reservation, located in West Virginia.
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13Lost World Caverns
Caves and attraction near Lewisburg, West Virginia, USA.
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Booker T. Washington National Monument
224 acres managed by the U.S. National Park Service.
Bluestone National Scenic River
4,310 acres in West Virginia (US) managed by the National Park Service.
Virginia Museum of Natural History
Natural history museum in Martinsville, Virginia.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Belspring → · Belspring’s history →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits
Appalachian Trail: Paulba. Original uploader was Paulbalegend at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Blue Ridge Parkway: Ken Thomas, Public domain · New River Gorge National Park and Preserve: NKS22, Public domain · Project Greek Island: Z22, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lane Stadium: User:B, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mountain Lake: Rolfmueller, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pilot Mountain: Berean Hunter, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Hanging Rock State Park: Jacalyn Engler from Greensboro, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · National D-Day Memorial: RebelAt at English Wikipedia, Public domain · The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve: Lisa Strader, CC BY 2.0 · Virginia Museum of Transportation: Warfieldian, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Taubman Museum of Art: O Palsson, CC BY 2.0 · Lost World Caverns: Lee Paxton, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Thurmond: Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Booker T. Washington National Monument: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · Bluestone National Scenic River: Dave Bieri, Public domain · O. Winston Link Museum: Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Phillips-Sprague Mine: Coal town guy, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Virginia Museum of Natural History: James St. John, CC BY 2.0 · 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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