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Attractions near Fancy Gap

Around Fancy Gap, Blue Ridge Parkway leads the list

Some 16.5M visitors a year come to Blue Ridge Parkway. Look within 40 miles for the 5 places to visit; none is inside Fancy Gap. There are 2 museums, a parkway and a mountain to choose from. The trip to Appalachian Trail is 50 mi.

Attractions nearby
24
within 60 miles
The big one
in town
Blue Ridge Parkway
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Parkway · in town

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

Finding your way

On the map, most of the 5 sit to the southeast.

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

Everything nearby

The list in full

The list runs to 24 places, all within 60 miles.

Appalachian Trail

Park & preserve · 50 mi north · 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

Old Salem

Museum · 48 mi southeast · read 20K times a year on Wikipedia

Historic district and open-air museum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A..

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

Parks and trails in Fancy Gap →

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 · Lane Stadium: User:B, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mountain Lake: Rolfmueller, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Rogers: USDA-FS, Public domain · Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium: BobHWS, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pilot Mountain: Berean Hunter, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Old Salem: David Bjorgen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Grayson Highlands State Park: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Hanging Rock State Park: Jacalyn Engler from Greensboro, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Reynolda House Museum of American Art: Zsrarticle, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Virginia Museum of Transportation: Warfieldian, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Taubman Museum of Art: O Palsson, CC BY 2.0 · O. Winston Link Museum: Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Single Brothers' House: P. Hughes, CC BY 4.0 · Reynolda Gardens: P. Hughes, CC BY 4.0 · Richard Childress Racing Museum: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Virginia Museum of Natural History: James St. John, CC BY 2.0 · Blue Ridge Music Center: RMLark, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Glencoe Museum: Skye Marthaler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hahn Horticulture Garden: Kim Peterson, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jesse Helms Center: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0

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