Virginia Museum of Transportation heads what Roanoke has to see
Some 16.5M visitors a year come to Blue Ridge Parkway. The town itself has 4 places on our list; 10 others are within 40 miles. On the list: 4 museums, 2 landmarks and 2 lakes, among others. Further out, New River Gorge National Park and Preserve is 58 mi away.
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 →
What’s around Roanoke
Head to the west for most of the 10 on the list.
Orange: Roanoke. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
The list in full
First the 4 in town, then the 17 within 60 miles.
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4Appalachian Trail
2,198.4-mile (3,538 km) trail going through fourteen US states managed by the National Park Service.
6Blue Ridge Parkway
Scenic parkway that runs between Shenandoah National Park in west central Virginia and Great Smoky National Park in western North Carolina.
7New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Unit of the United States National Park System in West Virginia.
8Project Greek Island
United States government continuity program in West Virginia (decommissioned).
9Lane Stadium
American football stadium on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, VA, US.
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13Lost World Caverns
Caves and attraction near Lewisburg, West Virginia, USA.
14Booker 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.
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..
The places inside Roanoke 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 Roanoke → · Roanoke’s history →
Photo credits
Virginia Museum of Transportation: Warfieldian, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Taubman Museum of Art: O Palsson, CC BY 2.0 · O. Winston Link Museum: Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia), 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 · National D-Day Memorial: RebelAt at English Wikipedia, Public domain · 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 · Virginia Museum of Natural History: James St. John, CC BY 2.0 · Anne Spencer House: Pubdog (talk), Public domain · Glencoe Museum: Skye Marthaler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hahn Horticulture Garden: Kim Peterson, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lynchburg Courthouse: Pubdog (talk), Public domain
