1Appalachian Trail
2,198.4-mile (3,538 km) trail going through fourteen US states managed by the National Park Service.
Attractions near Floyd
Worth the trip from Floyd: Appalachian Trail, 31 mi off
Visits to Blue Ridge Parkway run to about 16.5M a year. With nothing inside Floyd, the list has 14 places within 40 miles. Among them are 6 museums, a park & preserve and a parkway. A drive of 44 mi brings you to Smith Mountain Lake.
Attractions nearby
26
within 60 miles
The big one
3 mi
Blue Ridge Parkway
National park units
3
parks & monuments
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Parkway · 3 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
The map view
The list reaches out to Blue Ridge Music Center, 38 mi away.
Orange: Floyd. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
All of them, one by one
Look within 60 miles for all 26 places listed.
Blue 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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8Old Salem
Historic district and open-air museum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A..
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13Guilford 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.
Bluestone National Scenic River
4,310 acres in West Virginia (US) managed by the National Park Service.
Single Brothers' House
Historic house in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A..
Virginia Museum of Natural History
Natural history museum in Martinsville, Virginia.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Floyd → · Floyd’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 · Old Salem: David Bjorgen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Taubman Museum of Art: O Palsson, CC BY 2.0 · Booker T. Washington National Monument: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · Bluestone National Scenic River: Dave Bieri, Public domain · 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 · 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
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