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Attractions near Pennington Gap

United States Penitentiary & 11 more attractions near Pennington Gap

12 notable places within 60 miles of Pennington Gap: 2 national park units, and the sights travelers look up most.

Attractions nearby
12
within 60 miles
The big one
4 mi
United States Penitentiary
National park units
2
parks & monuments
Ancient site · 4 mi southeast

United States Penitentiary

United States Federal High Security Prison.

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What’s around Pennington Gap

Orange: Pennington Gap. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below.

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Everything nearby

Best known first

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

Parks and trails in Pennington Gap → · Pennington Gap’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

United States Penitentiary: Nyttend, Public domain · Black Mountain: iLoveMountains.org, CC BY 2.0 · Daniel Boone National Forest: Schwaltz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cumberland Gap National Historical Park: J654567, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cherokee National Forest: Ryan Rice at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Breaks Interstate Park: SheepNotGoats (Talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Barter Theatre: RebelAt (talk) (Uploads), Public domain · Andrew Johnson National Historic Site: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0 · Hensley Settlement: National Park Service, Public domain

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