Appalachian Trail
2,198.4-mile (3,538 km) trail going through fourteen US states managed by the National Park Service.
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.

A typical year brings about 16.5M visitors to Blue Ridge Parkway. The town has no place on our list of its own; 11 are within 40 miles. Among them are 4 museums, a parkway and a stadium & arena. Further afield lies Appalachian Trail, at 45 mi.

2,198.4-mile (3,538 km) trail going through fourteen US states managed by the National Park Service.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The map stretches to Hahn Horticulture Garden, 39 mi away.
Orange: Oak Level. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
All of it lies within 60 miles: 32 places.
2,198.4-mile (3,538 km) trail going through fourteen US states managed by the National Park Service.
Scenic parkway that runs between Shenandoah National Park in west central Virginia and Great Smoky National Park in western North Carolina.
American football stadium on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, VA, US.
Football stadium at Wake Forest University.
Historic district and open-air museum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A..
1,000 acres in Virginia (USA), maintained by the Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation.
Site maintained by the U.S. National Park Service commemorating the battle.
African-American preparatory school, now a museum.
Museum, former Woolworth's in Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S..
224 acres managed by the U.S. National Park Service.
Performing arts center and former movie theater in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States.
Historic house in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A..
Natural history museum in Martinsville, Virginia.
Church building in North Carolina, United States of America.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Oak Level → · Oak Level’s history →
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 · National D-Day Memorial: RebelAt at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Reynolda House Museum of American Art: Zsrarticle, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial: Jamestown Official Photo Corp., Public domain · Virginia Museum of Transportation: Warfieldian, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Guilford Courthouse National Military Park: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · Greensboro Science Center: EmCnNC, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Taubman Museum of Art: O Palsson, CC BY 2.0 · 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 · Weatherspoon Art Museum: Ptncsu12, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Reynolda Gardens: P. Hughes, CC BY 4.0 · Virginia Museum of Natural History: James St. John, CC BY 2.0 · 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