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Attractions near Meadows of Dan

Blue Ridge Parkway heads the list around Meadows of Dan

Visits to Blue Ridge Parkway run to about 16.5M a year. The town has no place on our list of its own; 8 are within 40 miles. Look for 3 museums, a parkway and a stadium & arena. Make a day of it at Appalachian Trail, 42 mi away.

Attractions nearby
31
within 60 miles
The big one
in town
Blue Ridge Parkway
National park units
2
parks & monuments
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Parkway · in town

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

The lie of the land

The map ends at Lane Stadium, 33 mi out.

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

Everything nearby

The whole list for Meadows of Dan

Its 31 places all lie within 60 miles.

Appalachian Trail

Park & preserve · 42 mi north · read 292K 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 Meadows of Dan → · Meadows of Dan’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 · Lane Stadium: User:B, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mountain Lake: Rolfmueller, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Smith Mountain Lake: Jay White, Public domain · Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium: BobHWS, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pilot Mountain: Berean Hunter, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Old Salem: David Bjorgen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hanging Rock State Park: Jacalyn Engler from Greensboro, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Reynolda House Museum of American Art: Zsrarticle, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Virginia Museum of Transportation: Warfieldian, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Guilford Courthouse National Military Park: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · Taubman Museum of Art: O Palsson, CC BY 2.0 · Greensboro Science Center: EmCnNC, CC BY-SA 3.0 · International Civil Rights Center and Museum: Mx._Granger, CC0 · Booker T. Washington National Monument: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · Carolina Theatre of Greensboro: No machine-readable author provided. Csbrummitt~commonswiki assumed (based on co, Public domain · O. Winston Link Museum: Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Single Brothers' House: P. Hughes, CC BY 4.0 · Jesse Helms Center: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Reynolda Gardens: P. Hughes, CC BY 4.0 · Richard Childress Racing Museum: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Virginia Museum of Natural History: James St. John, CC BY 2.0 · Weatherspoon Art Museum: Ptncsu12, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Blue Ridge Music Center: RMLark, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Glencoe Museum: Skye Marthaler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hahn Horticulture Garden: Kim Peterson, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Greensboro Historical Museum: Rhpotter, CC BY-SA 3.0

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