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Attractions near Chatham

A day out from Chatham: Blue Ridge Parkway, 39 mi away

About 16.5M people a year visit Blue Ridge Parkway. Look within 40 miles for the 7 places to visit; none is inside Chatham. On the list: 2 landmarks, 2 museums and a parkway, among others. Day-trippers head 50 mi out to Appomattox Court House National Historical Park.

Attractions nearby
26
within 60 miles
The big one
39 mi
Blue Ridge Parkway
National park units
3
parks & monuments
Parkway · 39 mi northwest

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

Where they are

The map ends at Staunton River Battlefield State Park, 39 mi out.

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

Everything nearby

Every place, in and near Chatham

Here are the 26 places within 60 miles.

Blue Ridge Parkway

Parkway · 39 mi northwest · 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 Chatham → · Chatham’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 · Appomattox Court House National Historical Park: Doug Coldwell, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Smith Mountain Lake: Jay White, Public domain · Bennett Place State Historic Site: Ildar Sagdejev (Specious), CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 · Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial: Jamestown Official Photo Corp., Public domain · Virginia Museum of Transportation: Warfieldian, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Guilford Courthouse National Military Park: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · Greensboro Science Center: EmCnNC, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Taubman Museum of Art: O Palsson, CC BY 2.0 · International Civil Rights Center and Museum: Mx._Granger, CC0 · Booker T. Washington National Monument: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · Carolina Theatre of Greensboro: No machine-readable author provided. Csbrummitt~commonswiki assumed (based on co, Public domain · O. Winston Link Museum: Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Weatherspoon Art Museum: Ptncsu12, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Occoneechee State Park: Wikipelli, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Virginia Museum of Natural History: James St. John, CC BY 2.0 · Anne Spencer House: Pubdog (talk), Public domain · Staunton River Battlefield State Park: Virginia State Parks, CC BY 2.0 · Greensboro Historical Museum: Rhpotter, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lynchburg Courthouse: Pubdog (talk), Public domain

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