Appalachian Trail
2,198.4-mile (3,538 km) trail going through fourteen US states managed by the National Park Service.
Attractions near Hot Springs
Worth the trip from Hot Springs: Blue Ridge Parkway, 33 mi off
Roughly 16.5M visitors a year make it to Blue Ridge Parkway. No place to visit is mapped inside Hot Springs; 7 are within 40 miles. The commonest are a parkway, a landmark and a scenic railway. Appalachian Trail, 54 mi away, is the best-known day out.
Attractions nearby
25
within 60 miles
The big one
54 mi
Appalachian Trail
National park units
3
parks & monuments
Ski areas
2
Snowshoe Mountain
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Park & preserve · 54 mi southwest
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
Mapped around Hot Springs
The list reaches out to Monongahela National Forest, 39 mi away.
Orange: Hot Springs. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
Full list of places
25 places, all within 60 miles, make the list.
2Blue Ridge Parkway
Scenic parkway that runs between Shenandoah National Park in west central Virginia and Great Smoky National Park in western North Carolina.
3Shenandoah National Park
195,000 acres in Virginia (US) maintained by the National Park Service.
4New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Unit of the United States National Park System in West Virginia.
5Project Greek Island
United States government continuity program in West Virginia (decommissioned).
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8Cass Scenic Railroad State Park
State park and heritage railroad in West Virginia, United States.
9Monongahela National Forest
National forest in West Virginia, United States.
11George Washington and Jefferson National Forests
Pair of National Forests in the United States.
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Lost World Caverns
Caves and attraction near Lewisburg, West Virginia, USA.
Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia
Living history museum in Staunton, Virginia, United States.
Gauley River National Recreation Area
11,145 acres in West Virginia (US) managed by the National Park Service.
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 Hot Springs → · Hot Springs’ 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 · Shenandoah National Park: Image copyright 2005 by user G. Edward Johnson (user Lorax) and released under t, CC BY-SA 3.0 · New River Gorge National Park and Preserve: NKS22, Public domain · Project Greek Island: Z22, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mountain Lake: Rolfmueller, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Spruce Mountain: Valerius Tygart, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cass Scenic Railroad State Park: Shayfan at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Monongahela National Forest: Valerius Tygart, CC BY-SA 3.0 · George Washington and Jefferson National Forests: Aneta Kaluzna, CC BY-SA 2.5 · National D-Day Memorial: RebelAt at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Virginia Museum of Transportation: Warfieldian, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Taubman Museum of Art: O Palsson, CC BY 2.0 · Lost World Caverns: Lee Paxton, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia: Woody Hibbard from Texas, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Gauley River National Recreation Area: Wwkayaker22 at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 · O. Winston Link Museum: Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Anne Spencer House: Pubdog (talk), Public domain · Lynchburg Courthouse: Pubdog (talk), Public domain · Sunshine Farm and Gardens: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0
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