1Blue Ridge Parkway
Scenic parkway that runs between Shenandoah National Park in west central Virginia and Great Smoky National Park in western North Carolina.
Attractions near Rio
Leave Rio for Blue Ridge Parkway, 21 mi away
Yearly visitors to Blue Ridge Parkway number about 16.5M. The town has no place on our list of its own; 14 are within 40 miles. There are 4 museums, 2 stadiums & arenas and 2 ski areas to choose from. Kings Dominion, 59 mi away, is the best-known day out.
Attractions nearby
29
within 60 miles
The big one
14 mi
Shenandoah National Park
National park units
5
parks & monuments
Ski areas
2
Massanutten Resort
National Park · 14 mi northwest
Shenandoah National Park
195,000 acres in Virginia (US) maintained by the National Park Service.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The map
The map view
Out at 35 mi is Boxerwood Gardens, the farthest.
Orange: Rio. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
All of them, one by one
Everything here is within 60 miles, 29 places in all.
Shenandoah National Park
195,000 acres in Virginia (US) maintained by the National Park Service.
3Kings Dominion
Amusement park in Doswell, Virginia, United States of America.
4George Washington Birthplace National Monument
550 acres in Virginia (US) managed by the National Park Service.
5Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
1,700 acres in Virginia (US) managed by the National Park Service.
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7Skyline Drive
National Scenic Byway in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, USA.
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10George Washington and Jefferson National Forests
Pair of National Forests in the United States.
11Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
8,000-acre park operated by the U.S. National Park Service.
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14Richmond National Battlefield Park
769 acres in Virginia (USA) maintained by the National Park Service.
Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia
Living history museum in Staunton, Virginia, United States.
Robert Russa Moton Museum
High school in Farmville, Virginia, United States.
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection
Art Museum in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Paramount Theater
Theater and movie theater in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States.
Gari Melchers Home
Historic house museum in Falmouth, Virginia, United States.
Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College
Art museum at Randolph College in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Lynchburg Courthouse
Is a historic courthouse building located at Lynchburg, Virginia..
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
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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 · Shenandoah National Park: Image copyright 2005 by user G. Edward Johnson (user Lorax) and released under t, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kings Dominion: Erechtheus, CC BY-SA 3.0 · George Washington Birthplace National Monument: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · Appomattox Court House National Historical Park: Doug Coldwell, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Luray Caverns: Paulo Ordoveza from Washington, DC, CC BY 2.0 · Scott Stadium: Mak7912, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Skyline Drive: Image copyright 2005 by user G. Edward Johnson (user Lorax) and released under t, CC BY-SA 3.0 · John Paul Jones Arena: Bob Mical, CC BY 2.0 · George Washington and Jefferson National Forests: Aneta Kaluzna, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park: RebelAt at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Market Street Park: Chad Fennell, CC BY 2.0 · Richmond National Battlefield Park: Sarah Stierch, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia: Woody Hibbard from Texas, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Robert Russa Moton Museum: William T. Ziglar, Jr., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fralin Museum of Art: SharpCrumbs, CC0 · WaterWorks: BeaverWithChainsaw at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection: Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Paramount Theater: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Exchange Hotel: Rutke421 (talk) 23:13, 9 August 2008 (UTC), Public domain · Anne Spencer House: Pubdog (talk), Public domain · Gari Melchers Home: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0 · Boxerwood Gardens: uploaded with permission by User:Leonard G.., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lynchburg Courthouse: Pubdog (talk), Public domain · Weston: Doctree, CC0
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