Appalachian Trail
2,198.4-mile (3,538 km) trail going through fourteen US states managed by the National Park Service.
Attractions near Iron Gate
Leave Iron Gate for Blue Ridge Parkway, 23 mi away
Around 16.5M people visit Blue Ridge Parkway each year. Nothing is mapped inside Iron Gate, but 9 places to visit are within 40 miles. On the list: 4 museums, 2 landmarks and a parkway, among others. Beyond the town, the best known is Appalachian Trail, 45 mi off.
Attractions nearby
25
within 60 miles
The big one
45 mi
Appalachian Trail
National park units
3
parks & monuments
Ski areas
2
Snowshoe Mountain
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Park & preserve · 45 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
Map of the places
The 9 outside town cluster to the south.
Orange: Iron Gate. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
Every place to visit
Each of the 25 is within 60 miles.
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).
6Lane Stadium
American football stadium on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, VA, US.
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9Cass Scenic Railroad State Park
State park and heritage railroad in West Virginia, United States.
10Monongahela National Forest
National forest in West Virginia, United States.
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Lost World Caverns
Caves and attraction near Lewisburg, West Virginia, USA.
Booker T. Washington National Monument
224 acres managed by the U.S. National Park Service.
Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia
Living history museum in Staunton, Virginia, United States.
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 Iron Gate → · Iron Gate’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 · 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 · Lane Stadium: User:B, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mountain Lake: Rolfmueller, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Smith Mountain Lake: Jay White, Public domain · Cass Scenic Railroad State Park: Shayfan at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Monongahela National Forest: Valerius Tygart, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Booker T. Washington National Monument: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia: Woody Hibbard from Texas, USA, CC BY 2.0 · O. Winston Link Museum: Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Anne Spencer House: Pubdog (talk), Public domain · Hahn Horticulture Garden: Kim Peterson, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lynchburg Courthouse: Pubdog (talk), Public domain · Sunshine Farm and Gardens: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0
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