Blue Ridge Parkway
Scenic parkway that runs between Shenandoah National Park in west central Virginia and Great Smoky National Park in western North Carolina.
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.

With nothing inside Raven, the list has 4 places within 40 miles. They include 2 state parks, a mountain and a theatre. Go 57 mi out for 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 →
To the southeast is where most of the 4 lie.
Orange: Raven. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Here are the 9 places within 60 miles.
Scenic parkway that runs between Shenandoah National Park in west central Virginia and Great Smoky National Park in western North Carolina.
4,310 acres in West Virginia (US) managed by the National Park Service.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Blue Ridge Parkway: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Mount Rogers: USDA-FS, Public domain · Black Mountain: iLoveMountains.org, CC BY 2.0 · Grayson Highlands State Park: Ken Thomas, Public domain · 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 · Bluestone National Scenic River: Dave Bieri, Public domain