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Attractions near Buena Vista

Around Buena Vista, start with Blue Ridge Parkway

Visits to Blue Ridge Parkway run to about 16.5M a year. Nothing on our list is inside Buena Vista; the 9 places to visit are within 40 miles. They include 4 museums, a parkway and a national park. Drive 52 mi to reach Project Greek Island.

Attractions nearby
29
within 60 miles
The big one
2 mi
Blue Ridge Parkway
National park units
3
parks & monuments
Ski areas
3
Snowshoe Mountain
Parkway · 2 mi southeast

Blue Ridge Parkway

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

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Mapped

Out of town, most of the 9 are to the southeast.

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

Everything nearby

Place by place

The list runs to 29 places, all within 60 miles.

Blue Ridge Parkway

Parkway · 2 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
Towns near it → · Official site · Wikipedia

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Buena Vista → · Buena Vista’s history →

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

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 · Appomattox Court House National Historical Park: Doug Coldwell, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Smith Mountain Lake: Jay White, Public domain · Scott Stadium: Mak7912, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cass Scenic Railroad State Park: Shayfan at English Wikipedia, Public domain · John Paul Jones Arena: Bob Mical, CC BY 2.0 · George Washington and Jefferson National Forests: Aneta Kaluzna, CC BY-SA 2.5 · National D-Day Memorial: RebelAt at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial: Jamestown Official Photo Corp., Public domain · Virginia Museum of Transportation: Warfieldian, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Market Street Park: Chad Fennell, CC BY 2.0 · 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 · Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia: Woody Hibbard from Texas, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Fralin Museum of Art: SharpCrumbs, CC0 · Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection: Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, CC BY-SA 4.0 · O. Winston Link Museum: Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Paramount Theater: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Anne Spencer House: Pubdog (talk), Public domain · Boxerwood Gardens: uploaded with permission by User:Leonard G.., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lynchburg Courthouse: Pubdog (talk), Public domain

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