United States Penitentiary, 17 mi from Big Stone Gap
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park draws about 765K visitors a year. Our list finds nothing inside Big Stone Gap, but 6 places within 40 miles. The commonest are an ancient site, a mountain and a national historical park. Further afield lies Cherokee National Forest, at 47 mi.
Black Mountain
Mountain in Kentucky, United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Where things are
The farthest of them, Breaks Interstate Park, is 40 mi out.
Orange: Big Stone Gap. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Best known first
These 12 are all within 60 miles.
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3Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
20,000 acres (Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia) operated by the U.S. National Park Service.
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8Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
National Historic Site in the United States.
President Andrew Johnson Museum and Library
Presidential library and museum for U.S. President Andrew Johnson, located in Tusculum, Tennessee.
10East Kentucky Science Center
Science center, planetarium in Prestonsburg, Kentucky.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Big Stone Gap → · Big Stone Gap’s history →
Photo credits
United States Penitentiary: Nyttend, Public domain · Black Mountain: iLoveMountains.org, CC BY 2.0 · Cumberland Gap National Historical Park: J654567, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cherokee National Forest: Ryan Rice at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Breaks Interstate Park: SheepNotGoats (Talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Barter Theatre: RebelAt (talk) (Uploads), Public domain · Andrew Johnson National Historic Site: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0 · Hensley Settlement: National Park Service, Public domain
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