Appalachian Trail
2,198.4-mile (3,538 km) trail going through fourteen US states managed by the National Park Service.
Attractions near Ferrum
Worth the trip from Ferrum: Appalachian Trail, 36 mi off
Some 16.5M visitors a year come to Blue Ridge Parkway. All of it lies outside: 13 places within 40 miles, none inside Ferrum. Among them are 5 museums, a park & preserve and a parkway. Drive 42 mi to reach Mountain Lake.
Attractions nearby
27
within 60 miles
The big one
36 mi
Appalachian Trail
National park units
2
parks & monuments
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Park & preserve · 36 mi northwest
Appalachian Trail
2,198.4-mile (3,538 km) trail going through fourteen US states managed by the National Park Service.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The map
Finding your way
At 37 mi, National D-Day Memorial is the farthest one out.
Orange: Ferrum. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
All 13 on the list
27 places make the list, every one within 60 miles.
2Blue Ridge Parkway
Scenic parkway that runs between Shenandoah National Park in west central Virginia and Great Smoky National Park in western North Carolina.
3Lane Stadium
American football stadium on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, VA, US.
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6Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium
Football stadium at Wake Forest University.
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12Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
Site maintained by the U.S. National Park Service commemorating the battle.
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Booker T. Washington National Monument
224 acres managed by the U.S. National Park Service.
Virginia Museum of Natural History
Natural history museum in Martinsville, Virginia.
Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College
Art museum at Randolph College in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Lynchburg Courthouse
Is a historic courthouse building located at Lynchburg, Virginia..
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Ferrum → · Ferrum’s history →
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 · Smith Mountain Lake: Jay White, Public domain · Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium: BobHWS, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pilot Mountain: Berean Hunter, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Hanging Rock State Park: Jacalyn Engler from Greensboro, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · National D-Day Memorial: RebelAt at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Reynolda House Museum of American Art: Zsrarticle, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Virginia Museum of Transportation: Warfieldian, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Guilford Courthouse National Military Park: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · Greensboro Science Center: EmCnNC, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Taubman Museum of Art: O Palsson, CC BY 2.0 · Booker T. Washington National Monument: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · O. Winston Link Museum: Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Reynolda Gardens: P. Hughes, CC BY 4.0 · Virginia Museum of Natural History: James St. John, CC BY 2.0 · Anne Spencer House: Pubdog (talk), Public domain · 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 · Lynchburg Courthouse: Pubdog (talk), Public domain
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