Appalachian Trail
2,198.4-mile (3,538 km) trail going through fourteen US states managed by the National Park Service.
Attractions near North Shore
Worth the trip from North Shore: Blue Ridge Parkway, 16 mi off
North Shore has 21 notable places within 60 miles, among them 2 national park units. Roughly 16.5M visitors a year make it to Blue Ridge Parkway. A drive of 45 mi brings you to Appalachian Trail.
Attractions nearby
21
within 60 miles
The big one
45 mi
Appalachian Trail
National park units
2
parks & monuments
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Park & preserve · 45 mi northwest
Appalachian Trail
2,198.4-mile (3,538 km) trail going through fourteen US states managed by the National Park Service.
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What’s around North Shore
Out at 36 mi is Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College, the farthest.
Orange: North Shore. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
The list in full
21 places, all within 60 miles, make the list.
2Blue Ridge Parkway
Scenic parkway that runs between Shenandoah National Park in west central Virginia and Great Smoky National Park in western North Carolina.
3Lane Stadium
American football stadium on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, VA, US.
4Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
1,700 acres in Virginia (US) managed by the National Park Service.
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9Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial
1,000 acres in Virginia (USA), maintained by the Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation.
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12Booker T. Washington National Monument
224 acres managed by the U.S. National Park Service.
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Virginia Museum of Natural History
Natural history museum in Martinsville, Virginia.
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 North Shore → · North Shore’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 · Appomattox Court House National Historical Park: Doug Coldwell, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mountain Lake: Rolfmueller, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Smith Mountain Lake: Jay White, Public domain · Hanging Rock State Park: Jacalyn Engler from Greensboro, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · 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 · Taubman Museum of Art: O Palsson, CC BY 2.0 · Booker T. Washington National Monument: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · O. Winston Link Museum: Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Virginia Museum of Natural History: James St. John, CC BY 2.0 · Anne Spencer House: Pubdog (talk), Public domain · Glencoe Museum: Skye Marthaler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hahn Horticulture Garden: Kim Peterson, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Staunton River Battlefield State Park: Virginia State Parks, CC BY 2.0 · Lynchburg Courthouse: Pubdog (talk), Public domain
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