Luray Caverns: Luray’s one place to visit
Some 1.7M visitors a year come to Shenandoah National Park. The town itself has one place on our list; 11 others are within 40 miles. Look for 3 museums, 2 gardens and a cave. Beyond the town, the best known is Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center, 41 mi off.
Shenandoah National Park
195,000 acres in Virginia (US) maintained by the National Park Service.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The map view
Furthest from the centre is Exchange Hotel, 39 mi away.
Orange: Luray. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Place by place
12 places in all: one in town and 42 within 60 miles.
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2Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center
Civilian command facility for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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4Blue Ridge Parkway
Scenic parkway that runs between Shenandoah National Park in west central Virginia and Great Smoky National Park in western North Carolina.
Shenandoah National Park
195,000 acres in Virginia (US) maintained by the National Park Service.
6George Washington Birthplace National Monument
550 acres in Virginia (US) managed by the National Park Service.
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8Skyline Drive
National Scenic Byway in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, USA.
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12Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
2,500 acres at confluence of Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland (US) managed by the National Park Service.
14George Washington and Jefferson National Forests
Pair of National Forests in the United States.
Manassas National Battlefield Park
Sites of the first and second battles of Bull Run/Manassas, Virginia, maintained by the U.S. National Park Service.
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National Historical Park located in the District of Columbia and the states of Maryland and West Virginia.
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
8,000-acre park operated by the U.S. National Park Service.
Prince William Forest Park
17,000 acres in Virginia (U.S.) maintained by the National Park Service.
Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park
Historic site in Frederick, Shenandoah, and Warren counties, Virginia.
Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia
Living history museum in Staunton, Virginia, United States.
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection
Art Museum in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Paramount Theater
Theater and movie theater in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States.
Literary Hall
Mid-19th-century library and museum in Romney, West Virginia.
Gari Melchers Home
Historic house museum in Falmouth, Virginia, United States.
National Sporting Library
Library and museum in Middleburg, Virginia, USA.
The places inside Luray lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Luray → · Luray’s history →
Photo credits
Luray Caverns: Paulo Ordoveza from Washington, DC, CC BY 2.0 · Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center: Unknown, Public domain · Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: Unknown, 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 · George Washington Birthplace National Monument: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · Dolly Sods Wilderness: Valerius Tygart, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Scott Stadium: Mak7912, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Skyline Drive: Image copyright 2005 by user G. Edward Johnson (user Lorax) and released under t, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Spruce Mountain: Valerius Tygart, CC BY-SA 3.0 · John Paul Jones Arena: Bob Mical, CC BY 2.0 · Harpers Ferry National Historical Park: Mark Fickett, CC BY 3.0 · George Washington and Jefferson National Forests: Aneta Kaluzna, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Manassas National Battlefield Park: Billy Hathorn, CC BY 3.0 · Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park: Bonnachoven, CC0 · Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park: RebelAt at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Market Street Park: Chad Fennell, CC BY 2.0 · Canaan Valley Ski Resort: Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant), CC BY-SA 2.5 · Prince William Forest Park: NPS, Public domain · Oatlands Plantation: Fletcher6, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Museum of the Shenandoah Valley: GustaveCourbet, Public domain · Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park: APK, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia: Woody Hibbard from Texas, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Fralin Museum of Art: SharpCrumbs, CC0 · Marine Raider Museum: Leonard J. DeFrancisci, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection: Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Paramount Theater: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Exchange Hotel: Rutke421 (talk) 23:13, 9 August 2008 (UTC), Public domain · Glen Burnie: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Literary Hall: Justin A. Wilcox from Washington, D.C., United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Gari Melchers Home: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0 · National Sporting Library: Hreuter, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Orland E. White Research Arboretum: by Reggaeman, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Boxerwood Gardens: uploaded with permission by User:Leonard G.., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Josephine City School: Cecouchman, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Weston: Doctree, CC0
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