Glencoe Museum: Radford’s one place to visit
Blue Ridge Parkway welcomes about 16.5M visitors a year. Mapped inside Radford is one place to visit, and within 40 miles another 10. On the list: 4 museums, a park & preserve and a parkway, among others. Drive 42 mi to reach New River Gorge National Park and Preserve.
Appalachian Trail
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 →
Where each one is
Furthest from the centre is Bluestone National Scenic River, 37 mi away.
Orange: Radford. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Each place in turn
11 places in all: one in town and 21 within 60 miles.
1Appalachian Trail
2,198.4-mile (3,538 km) trail going through fourteen US states managed by the National Park Service.
3Blue Ridge Parkway
Scenic parkway that runs between Shenandoah National Park in west central Virginia and Great Smoky National Park in western North Carolina.
4New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Unit of the United States National Park System in West Virginia.
5Project Greek Island
United States government continuity program in West Virginia (decommissioned).
6Lane Stadium
American football stadium on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, VA, US.
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14Lost World Caverns
Caves and attraction near Lewisburg, West Virginia, USA.
Booker T. Washington National Monument
224 acres managed by the U.S. National Park Service.
Bluestone National Scenic River
4,310 acres in West Virginia (US) managed by the National Park Service.
Virginia Museum of Natural History
Natural history museum in Martinsville, Virginia.
The places inside Radford 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 Radford → · Radford’s history →
Photo credits
Glencoe Museum: Skye Marthaler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Appalachian Trail: Paulba. Original uploader was Paulbalegend at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Blue Ridge Parkway: Ken Thomas, Public domain · New River Gorge National Park and Preserve: NKS22, Public domain · Project Greek Island: Z22, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lane Stadium: User:B, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mountain Lake: Rolfmueller, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Smith Mountain Lake: Jay White, Public domain · Pilot Mountain: Berean Hunter, CC BY-SA 2.5 · 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 · Virginia Museum of Transportation: Warfieldian, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Taubman Museum of Art: O Palsson, CC BY 2.0 · Lost World Caverns: Lee Paxton, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Booker T. Washington National Monument: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · Bluestone National Scenic River: Dave Bieri, Public domain · O. Winston Link Museum: Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Phillips-Sprague Mine: Coal town guy, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Virginia Museum of Natural History: James St. John, CC BY 2.0 · Blue Ridge Music Center: RMLark, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hahn Horticulture Garden: Kim Peterson, CC BY-SA 3.0
