1Blue Ridge Parkway
Scenic parkway that runs between Shenandoah National Park in west central Virginia and Great Smoky National Park in western North Carolina.
Attractions near Goochland
The nearest draw to Goochland: Kings Dominion, 27 mi away
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park welcomes about 766K visitors a year. There is no place to visit inside Goochland; there are 36 within 40 miles. The commonest are 14 museums, 4 landmarks and 3 stadiums & arenas. Go 57 mi out for Blue Ridge Parkway.
Attractions nearby
48
within 60 miles
The big one
27 mi
Kings Dominion
National park units
7
parks & monuments
Ski areas
1
Wintergreen Ski Resort
Theme park · 27 mi northeast
Kings Dominion
Amusement park in Doswell, Virginia, United States of America.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The map
Where to go
Most of the 36 out of town lie to the east.
Orange: Goochland. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
Everything to see
Each of the 48 is within 60 miles.
2Shenandoah National Park
195,000 acres in Virginia (US) maintained by the National Park Service.
Kings Dominion
Amusement park in Doswell, Virginia, United States of America.
4George Washington Birthplace National Monument
550 acres in Virginia (US) managed by the National Park Service.
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6Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
1,700 acres in Virginia (US) managed by the National Park Service.
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The Diamond
Home venue of the Richmond Flying Squirrels and the Virginia Commonwealth University baseball team.
American Civil War Museum
History museum in Richmond, Virginia, United States of America.
Pamunkey Indian Reservation
Native American reservation in Virgina, established 1646.
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
8,000-acre park operated by the U.S. National Park Service.
General J E B Stuart Statue
Monument of J. E. B. Stuart formerly in Richmond, Virginia.
Petersburg National Battlefield
2,700 acres in Virginia (US) maintained by the National Park Service.
Richmond National Battlefield Park
769 acres in Virginia (USA) maintained by the National Park Service.
United States Army Ordnance Training Support Facility
Military museum at Fort Lee in Virginia.
National Theater
Theater and former movie theater in Richmond, Virginia, United States.
Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia
Museum and 501(c)(3) in Richmond, Virginia (1981–now).
Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site
Building in Virginia (US) maintained by the National Park Service.
Robert Russa Moton Museum
High school in Farmville, Virginia, United States.
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection
Art Museum in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Paramount Theater
Theater and movie theater in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States.
Gari Melchers Home
Historic house museum in Falmouth, Virginia, United States.
Virginia Randolph Cottage
Glen Allen, Virginia, listed on the NRHP in Henrico County.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Goochland → · Goochland’s history →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits
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 · Kings Dominion: Erechtheus, CC BY-SA 3.0 · George Washington Birthplace National Monument: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · Hollywood Cemetery: Andrew Bain, Public domain · Appomattox Court House National Historical Park: Doug Coldwell, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Scott Stadium: Mak7912, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Robert E. Lee Monument: Martin Falbisoner, CC BY-SA 3.0 · White House of the Confederacy: AlbertHerring, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Richmond Coliseum: Mentes at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Henricus: Morgan Riley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, CC BY-SA 4.0 · John Paul Jones Arena: Bob Mical, CC BY 2.0 · Jefferson Davis Monument: Martin Falbisoner, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maymont Park: Packer1028, CC0 · The Diamond: Baseball Panoramic, CC BY 3.0 · American Civil War Museum: Rifleman 82, CC BY-SA 4.0 · City Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Pamunkey Indian Reservation: Nyttend, Public domain · Altria Theater: VCU Libraries, Public domain · Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park: RebelAt at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · General J E B Stuart Statue: Quidster4040 at English Wikipedia, CC BY 4.0 · Edgar Allan Poe Museum: Albrecht Conz (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Market Street Park: Chad Fennell, CC BY 2.0 · Petersburg National Battlefield: Ernest Mettendorf, Public domain · Science Museum of Virginia: David Bjorgen, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden: Mark Gormus, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Richmond National Battlefield Park: Sarah Stierch, CC BY-SA 2.0 · United States Army Ordnance Training Support Facility: Mark Pellegrini Raul654, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Metro Richmond Zoo: Packer1028, CC0 · The Valentine: VCU Libraries Commons, No restrictions · National Theater: C.K. Howell, Inc. (architects), Public domain · Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0 · Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · Robert Russa Moton Museum: William T. Ziglar, Jr., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Virginia Aviation Museum: B. Dube, CC BY-SA 3.0 de · Fralin Museum of Art: SharpCrumbs, CC0 · Virginia Holocaust Museum: Jörg Reitmaier, Public domain · WaterWorks: BeaverWithChainsaw at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Bryan Park: Crazyale, 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 · Gari Melchers Home: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0 · Virginia Randolph Cottage: Walter Smelling, Jr., Photographer, Public domain
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