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Attractions near Ridgeway

Worth the trip from Ridgeway: Blue Ridge Parkway, 28 mi off

Around 16.5M people visit Blue Ridge Parkway each year. The town has no place on our list of its own; 18 are within 40 miles. Look for 7 museums, a parkway and a lake. Further afield, Lane Stadium is 54 mi from the centre.

Attractions nearby
32
within 60 miles
The big one
28 mi
Blue Ridge Parkway
National park units
2
parks & monuments
Parkway · 28 mi northwest

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 →

The map

Where each one is

The map stretches to Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, 40 mi away.

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Orange: Ridgeway. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

The full list

32 places, all within 60 miles, make the list.

Blue Ridge Parkway

Parkway · 28 mi northwest · read 93K times a year on Wikipedia

Scenic parkway that runs between Shenandoah National Park in west central Virginia and Great Smoky National Park in western North Carolina.

16.5M visitors a year
Towns near it → · Official site · Wikipedia

Old Salem

Museum · 40 mi southwest · read 20K times a year on Wikipedia

Historic district and open-air museum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A..

Towns near it → · Wikipedia

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

Parks and trails in Ridgeway → · Ridgeway’s history →

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

Blue Ridge Parkway: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Lane Stadium: User:B, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 · 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 · Richard Childress Racing Museum: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 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 · Jesse Helms Center: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Greensboro Historical Museum: Rhpotter, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Old Davidson County Courthouse: Dennis Brown (Dennis Brown), CC BY-SA 3.0

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