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Attractions near Lexington

8 mi from Lexington, Blue Ridge Parkway leads the list

Lexington has 32 notable places within 60 miles, among them 3 national park units and 3 ski areas. Some 16.5M visitors a year come to Blue Ridge Parkway. A longer outing takes you to Appalachian Trail, 59 mi off.

Attractions nearby
32
within 60 miles
The big one
8 mi
Blue Ridge Parkway
National park units
3
parks & monuments
Ski areas
3
Snowshoe Mountain
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Parkway · 8 mi east

Blue Ridge Parkway

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

Mapped around Lexington

The farthest of them, Shenandoah National Park, is 36 mi out.

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Orange: Lexington. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

The complete list

You will find all 32 within 60 miles.

Appalachian Trail

Park & preserve · 59 mi southwest · read 307K times a year on Wikipedia

2,198.4-mile (3,538 km) trail going through fourteen US states managed by the National Park Service.

3.0M visitors a year
Towns near it → · Wikipedia

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Lexington → · Lexington’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 · Project Greek Island: Z22, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Appomattox Court House National Historical Park: Doug Coldwell, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Smith Mountain Lake: Jay White, Public domain · Scott Stadium: Mak7912, 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 · John Paul Jones Arena: Bob Mical, CC BY 2.0 · George Washington and Jefferson National Forests: Aneta Kaluzna, CC BY-SA 2.5 · National D-Day Memorial: RebelAt at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial: Jamestown Official Photo Corp., Public domain · Virginia Museum of Transportation: Warfieldian, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Market Street Park: Chad Fennell, CC BY 2.0 · 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 · Fralin Museum of Art: SharpCrumbs, CC0 · Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection: Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, CC BY-SA 4.0 · O. Winston Link Museum: Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Paramount Theater: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Anne Spencer House: Pubdog (talk), Public domain · Boxerwood Gardens: uploaded with permission by User:Leonard G.., 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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