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Attractions near Columbia

Out from Columbia: Kings Dominion and more

Visits to Richmond National Battlefield Park run to about 150K a year. Look within 40 miles for the 17 places to visit; none is inside Columbia. On the list: 5 museums, 3 stadiums & arenas and 2 theme parks, among others. Further afield lies Blue Ridge Parkway, at 42 mi.

Attractions nearby
52
within 60 miles
The big one
40 mi
Shenandoah National Park
National park units
7
parks & monuments
Ski areas
2
Wintergreen Ski Resort
National Park · 40 mi northwest

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

Mapped

Out at 40 mi is Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, the farthest.

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

Everything nearby

All of them, one by one

Look within 60 miles for all 52 places listed.

Blue Ridge Parkway

Parkway · 42 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 Columbia → · Columbia’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 · Kings Dominion: Erechtheus, CC BY-SA 3.0 · George Washington Birthplace National Monument: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · Hollywood Cemetery: Andrew Bain, Public domain · Appomattox Court House National Historical Park: Doug Coldwell, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Robert E. Lee Monument: Martin Falbisoner, CC BY-SA 3.0 · White House of the Confederacy: AlbertHerring, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Richmond Coliseum: Mentes at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Henricus: Morgan Riley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, CC BY-SA 4.0 · John Paul Jones Arena: Bob Mical, CC BY 2.0 · Jefferson Davis Monument: Martin Falbisoner, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maymont Park: Packer1028, CC0 · The Diamond: Baseball Panoramic, CC BY 3.0 · American Civil War Museum: Rifleman 82, CC BY-SA 4.0 · City Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Altria Theater: VCU Libraries, Public domain · Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park: RebelAt at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · General J E B Stuart Statue: Quidster4040 at English Wikipedia, CC BY 4.0 · Edgar Allan Poe Museum: Albrecht Conz (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Market Street Park: Chad Fennell, CC BY 2.0 · Petersburg National Battlefield: Ernest Mettendorf, Public domain · Science Museum of Virginia: David Bjorgen, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden: Mark Gormus, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Richmond National Battlefield Park: Sarah Stierch, CC BY-SA 2.0 · United States Army Ordnance Training Support Facility: Mark Pellegrini Raul654, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Metro Richmond Zoo: Packer1028, CC0 · The Valentine: VCU Libraries Commons, No restrictions · National Theater: C.K. Howell, Inc. (architects), Public domain · Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0 · Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia: Woody Hibbard from Texas, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · Robert Russa Moton Museum: William T. Ziglar, Jr., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Virginia Aviation Museum: B. Dube, CC BY-SA 3.0 de · Fralin Museum of Art: SharpCrumbs, CC0 · Virginia Holocaust Museum: Jörg Reitmaier, Public domain · WaterWorks: BeaverWithChainsaw at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Bryan Park: Crazyale, CC0 · 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 · Anne Spencer House: Pubdog (talk), Public domain · Gari Melchers Home: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0 · Lynchburg Courthouse: Pubdog (talk), Public domain · Virginia Randolph Cottage: Walter Smelling, Jr., Photographer, Public domain

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