Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Fries

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
Attractions near Fries

Blue Ridge Parkway & 22 more attractions near Fries

23 notable places within 60 miles of Fries: 1 national park unit, and the sights travelers look up most.

Attractions nearby
23
within 60 miles
The big one
10 mi
Blue Ridge Parkway
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Parkway · 10 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

What’s around Fries

Orange: Fries. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below.

1234567891011121314

© OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

Best known first

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

Appalachian Trail

Park & preserve · 55 mi northeast · 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
Towns near it → · Wikipedia

Blue Ridge Parkway

Parkway · 10 mi southeast · read 93K times a year on Wikipedia

Scenic parkway that runs between Shenandoah National Park in west central Virginia and Great Smoky National Park in western North Carolina.

16.5M visitors a year
Towns near it → · Official site · Wikipedia

Old Salem

Museum · 60 mi southeast · read 20K times a year on Wikipedia

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

Towns near it → · Wikipedia

Parks and trails in Fries →

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 · Barter Theatre: RebelAt (talk) (Uploads), Public domain · Moses H. Cone Memorial Park: Bill Russ photographer, Public domain · Bluestone National Scenic River: Dave Bieri, Public domain · Single Brothers' House: P. Hughes, CC BY 4.0 · Reynolda Gardens: P. Hughes, CC BY 4.0 · 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

Know a spot visitors miss?Locals know the overlook without the crowds and the diner the tour buses skip.
Share a tip in Fries’ Town Square