Worth the trip from Keokee: United States Penitentiary, 12 mi off
Visits to Cumberland Gap National Historical Park run to about 765K a year. None of our places to visit is inside Keokee; 5 are within 40 miles. The commonest are 2 museums, an ancient site and a mountain. Beyond the town, the best known is Cherokee National Forest, 53 mi off.
Black Mountain
Mountain in Kentucky, United States.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Where they are
The map ends at Hensley Settlement, 37 mi out.
Orange: Keokee. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything on the list
12 places, all within 60 miles, make the list.
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3Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
20,000 acres (Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia) operated by the U.S. National Park Service.
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8Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
National Historic Site in the United States.
President Andrew Johnson Museum and Library
Presidential library and museum for U.S. President Andrew Johnson, located in Tusculum, Tennessee.
10East Kentucky Science Center
Science center, planetarium in Prestonsburg, Kentucky.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Keokee → · Keokee’s history →
Photo credits
United States Penitentiary: Nyttend, Public domain · Black Mountain: iLoveMountains.org, CC BY 2.0 · Cumberland Gap National Historical Park: J654567, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cherokee National Forest: Ryan Rice at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Breaks Interstate Park: SheepNotGoats (Talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Barter Theatre: RebelAt (talk) (Uploads), Public domain · Andrew Johnson National Historic Site: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0 · Hensley Settlement: National Park Service, Public domain
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