1Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center
Civilian command facility for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Attractions near Brightwood
Worth the trip from Brightwood: Shenandoah National Park, 9 mi off
Visits to Shenandoah National Park run to about 1.7M a year. Look within 40 miles for the 18 places to visit; none is inside Brightwood. Among them are 6 museums, 2 stadiums & arenas and a national park. Set 48 mi out, Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center makes a day trip.
Attractions nearby
44
within 60 miles
The big one
9 mi
Shenandoah National Park
National park units
7
parks & monuments
Ski areas
2
Massanutten Resort
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
National Park · 9 mi west
Shenandoah National Park
195,000 acres in Virginia (US) maintained by the National Park Service.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The map
Where they are
The outermost point is Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park, at 40 mi.
Orange: Brightwood. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
The complete list
Its 44 places all lie within 60 miles.
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3Blue Ridge Parkway
Scenic parkway that runs between Shenandoah National Park in west central Virginia and Great Smoky National Park in western North Carolina.
Shenandoah National Park
195,000 acres in Virginia (US) maintained by the National Park Service.
5Kings Dominion
Amusement park in Doswell, Virginia, United States of America.
6George Washington Birthplace National Monument
550 acres in Virginia (US) managed by the National Park Service.
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8Skyline Drive
National Scenic Byway in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, USA.
10National Museum of the Marine Corps
Official museum of the United States Marine Corps, in Triangle, Virginia.
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12George Washington and Jefferson National Forests
Pair of National Forests in the United States.
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14Manassas National Battlefield Park
Sites of the first and second battles of Bull Run/Manassas, Virginia, maintained by the U.S. National Park Service.
National Museum of the United States Army
Official museum for the history of the United States Army at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
8,000-acre park operated by the U.S. National Park Service.
National Firearms Museum
Museum located at the NRA Headquarters Building in Fairfax County, Virginia.
Prince William Forest Park
17,000 acres in Virginia (U.S.) maintained by the National Park Service.
Richmond National Battlefield Park
769 acres in Virginia (USA) maintained by the National Park Service.
Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park
Historic site in Frederick, Shenandoah, and Warren counties, Virginia.
Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia
Living history museum in Staunton, Virginia, United States.
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection
Art Museum in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Paramount Theater
Theater and movie theater in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States.
Gari Melchers Home
Historic house museum in Falmouth, Virginia, United States.
National Sporting Library
Library and museum in Middleburg, Virginia, USA.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Brightwood → · Brightwood’s history →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits
Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center: Unknown, Public domain · Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: Unknown, 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 · Kings Dominion: Erechtheus, CC BY-SA 3.0 · George Washington Birthplace National Monument: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · Luray Caverns: Paulo Ordoveza from Washington, DC, CC BY 2.0 · Scott Stadium: Mak7912, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Skyline Drive: Image copyright 2005 by user G. Edward Johnson (user Lorax) and released under t, CC BY-SA 3.0 · National Museum of the Marine Corps: RadioFan (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · John Paul Jones Arena: Bob Mical, CC BY 2.0 · George Washington and Jefferson National Forests: Aneta Kaluzna, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Mallows Bay: Amazur, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Manassas National Battlefield Park: Billy Hathorn, CC BY 3.0 · National Museum of the United States Army: US Army History, CC BY 3.0 · Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park: RebelAt at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Market Street Park: Chad Fennell, CC BY 2.0 · National Firearms Museum: m01229 from USA, CC BY 2.0 · Prince William Forest Park: NPS, Public domain · Oatlands Plantation: Fletcher6, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Richmond National Battlefield Park: Sarah Stierch, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Museum of the Shenandoah Valley: GustaveCourbet, Public domain · Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park: APK, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia: Woody Hibbard from Texas, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Weems–Botts Museum: Leonard J. DeFrancisci, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fralin Museum of Art: SharpCrumbs, CC0 · Marine Raider Museum: Leonard J. DeFrancisci, CC BY-SA 3.0 · WaterWorks: BeaverWithChainsaw at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection: Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Paramount Theater: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Exchange Hotel: Rutke421 (talk) 23:13, 9 August 2008 (UTC), Public domain · Glen Burnie: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Smallwood State Park: Cohee, CC BY 3.0 · Gari Melchers Home: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0 · National Sporting Library: Hreuter, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Orland E. White Research Arboretum: by Reggaeman, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Boxerwood Gardens: uploaded with permission by User:Leonard G.., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Josephine City School: Cecouchman, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Marine Corps Air-Ground Museum: U.S. Marine Corps, Public domain · Weston: Doctree, CC0
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