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Attractions near Clifton Forge

Leave Clifton Forge for Blue Ridge Parkway, 25 mi away

Blue Ridge Parkway welcomes about 16.5M visitors a year. Our list finds nothing inside Clifton Forge, but 9 places within 40 miles. The commonest are 4 museums, 2 landmarks and a parkway. Out of town, Appalachian Trail is 45 mi away.

Attractions nearby
25
within 60 miles
The big one
45 mi
Appalachian Trail
National park units
3
parks & monuments
Ski areas
2
Snowshoe Mountain
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Park & preserve · 45 mi southwest

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

Mapped around Clifton Forge

Cass Scenic Railroad State Park marks the outer edge, 40 mi away.

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

Everything nearby

Every one of them

25 places, all within 60 miles, make the list.

Appalachian Trail

Park & preserve · 45 mi southwest · 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
Towns near it → · Wikipedia

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

Parks and trails in Clifton Forge → · Clifton Forge’s history →

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

Appalachian Trail: Paulba. Original uploader was Paulbalegend at en.wikipedia, 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 · New River Gorge National Park and Preserve: NKS22, Public domain · Project Greek Island: Z22, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lane Stadium: User:B, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mountain Lake: Rolfmueller, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Smith Mountain Lake: Jay White, Public domain · Cass Scenic Railroad State Park: Shayfan at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Monongahela National Forest: Valerius Tygart, CC BY-SA 3.0 · National D-Day Memorial: RebelAt at English Wikipedia, Public domain · 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 · Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia: Woody Hibbard from Texas, USA, CC BY 2.0 · O. Winston Link Museum: Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Anne Spencer House: Pubdog (talk), Public domain · Hahn Horticulture Garden: Kim Peterson, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lynchburg Courthouse: Pubdog (talk), Public domain · Sunshine Farm and Gardens: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0

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