Nothing mapped in Dryden itself; United States Penitentiary is the nearest draw
Roughly 765K visitors a year make it to Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. The town has no place on our list of its own; 6 are within 40 miles. Look for 2 museums, an ancient site and a mountain. Beyond the town, Cherokee National Forest sits 52 mi away.
United States Penitentiary
United States Federal High Security Prison.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Where to find them
Gray Fossil Site marks the outer edge, 37 mi away.
Orange: Dryden. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Every one of them
All of it lies within 60 miles: 11 places.
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3Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
20,000 acres (Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia) operated by the U.S. National Park Service.
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8Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
National Historic Site in the United States.
President Andrew Johnson Museum and Library
Presidential library and museum for U.S. President Andrew Johnson, located in Tusculum, Tennessee.
10Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Dryden → · Dryden’s history →
Photo credits
United States Penitentiary: Nyttend, Public domain · Black Mountain: iLoveMountains.org, CC BY 2.0 · Cumberland Gap National Historical Park: J654567, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Andrew Johnson National Historic Site: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0 · Hensley Settlement: National Park Service, Public domain
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