Blue Ridge Parkway
Scenic parkway that runs between Shenandoah National Park in west central Virginia and Great Smoky National Park in western North Carolina.
Attractions near Doran
34 mi from Doran, Mount Rogers leads the list
Nothing is mapped inside Doran, but 4 places to visit are within 40 miles. Among them are 2 state parks, a mountain and a theatre. Further out, Blue Ridge Parkway is 56 mi away.
Attractions nearby
10
within 60 miles
The big one
56 mi
Blue Ridge Parkway
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Parkway · 56 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
Where to find them
On the map, most of the 4 sit to the southeast.
Orange: Doran. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
Each place in turn
Here are the 10 places within 60 miles.
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8Bluestone National Scenic River
4,310 acres in West Virginia (US) managed by the National Park Service.
9Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
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 · Mount Rogers: USDA-FS, Public domain · Black Mountain: iLoveMountains.org, CC BY 2.0 · Grayson Highlands State Park: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Cherokee National Forest: Ryan Rice at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Breaks Interstate Park: SheepNotGoats (Talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Barter Theatre: RebelAt (talk) (Uploads), Public domain · Bluestone National Scenic River: Dave Bieri, Public domain · Phillips-Sprague Mine: Coal town guy, CC BY-SA 3.0
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