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Attractions near Blacksburg

Lane Stadium & one more place to visit in Blacksburg

Blue Ridge Parkway draws about 16.5M visitors a year. There are 2 places to visit inside Blacksburg, and 12 more within 40 miles. They include 4 museums, a stadium & arena and a garden. Travel 51 mi and you reach Smith Mountain Lake.

Attractions nearby
23
within 60 miles
The big one
9 mi
Appalachian Trail
National park units
3
parks & monuments
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Park & preserve · 9 mi north

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

Where each one is

Furthest out is New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, at 40 mi.

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Orange: Blacksburg. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

In Blacksburg first, then the best known

After the 2 in town come 21 more within 60 miles.

Appalachian Trail

Park & preserve · 9 mi north · read 307K times a year on Wikipedia

2,198.4-mile (3,538 km) trail going through fourteen US states managed by the National Park Service.

3.0M visitors a year

Blue Ridge Parkway

Parkway · 18 mi southeast · read 93K times a year on Wikipedia

Scenic parkway that runs between Shenandoah National Park in west central Virginia and Great Smoky National Park in western North Carolina.

16.5M visitors a year

The places inside Blacksburg 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 Blacksburg → · Blacksburg’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Lane Stadium: User:B, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hahn Horticulture Garden: Kim Peterson, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Mountain Lake: Rolfmueller, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Smith Mountain Lake: Jay White, Public domain · 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 · 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 · Sunshine Farm and Gardens: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0

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