Appalachian Trail
2,198.4-mile (3,538 km) trail going through fourteen US states managed by the National Park Service.
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.

Visits to Blue Ridge Parkway run to about 16.5M a year. With nothing inside Hillsville, the list has 7 places within 40 miles. Look for 2 museums, a parkway and a stadium & arena. Appalachian Trail is worth a day, 45 mi from the centre.

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 stretches to Hanging Rock State Park, 37 mi away.
Orange: Hillsville. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything here is within 60 miles, 24 places in all.
2,198.4-mile (3,538 km) trail going through fourteen US states managed by the National Park Service.
Scenic parkway that runs between Shenandoah National Park in west central Virginia and Great Smoky National Park in western North Carolina.
American football stadium on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, VA, US.
Football stadium at Wake Forest University.
Historic district and open-air museum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A..
4,310 acres in West Virginia (US) managed by the National Park Service.
Historic house in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A..
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 Hillsville →
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 · 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 · Jesse Helms Center: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0