Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center
Civilian command facility for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.

Each year, some 16.5M people go to Blue Ridge Parkway. None of our places to visit is inside Elkton; 16 are within 40 miles. The commonest are 4 museums, 2 stadiums & arenas and 2 ski areas. For a full day, there is Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center, 60 mi away.

195,000 acres in Virginia (US) maintained by the National Park Service.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Wintergreen Ski Resort, 38 mi away, is the farthest on the map.
Orange: Elkton. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
All of it lies within 60 miles: 28 places.
Civilian command facility for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Scenic parkway that runs between Shenandoah National Park in west central Virginia and Great Smoky National Park in western North Carolina.
195,000 acres in Virginia (US) maintained by the National Park Service.
National Scenic Byway in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, USA.
Pair of National Forests in the United States.
8,000-acre park operated by the U.S. National Park Service.
Historic site in Frederick, Shenandoah, and Warren counties, Virginia.
Living history museum in Staunton, Virginia, United States.
Art Museum in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Theater and movie theater in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Elkton → · Elkton’s history →
Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center: Unknown, Public domain · 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 · Dolly Sods Wilderness: Valerius Tygart, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Luray Caverns: Paulo Ordoveza from Washington, DC, CC BY 2.0 · 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 · Spruce Mountain: Valerius Tygart, CC BY-SA 3.0 · John Paul Jones Arena: Bob Mical, CC BY 2.0 · George Washington and Jefferson National Forests: Aneta Kaluzna, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park: RebelAt at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Market Street Park: Chad Fennell, CC BY 2.0 · Museum of the Shenandoah Valley: GustaveCourbet, Public domain · Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park: APK, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia: Woody Hibbard from Texas, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Fralin Museum of Art: SharpCrumbs, 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 · Glen Burnie: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Orland E. White Research Arboretum: by Reggaeman, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Boxerwood Gardens: uploaded with permission by User:Leonard G.., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Weston: Doctree, CC0