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Attractions near Seven Mile Ford

A day out from Seven Mile Ford: Blue Ridge Parkway, 34 mi away

Yearly visitors to Blue Ridge Parkway number about 16.5M. All of it lies outside: 4 places within 40 miles, none inside Seven Mile Ford. The mix takes in a parkway, a mountain and a state park. Grandfather Mountain is worth a day, 50 mi from the centre.

Attractions nearby
15
within 60 miles
The big one
34 mi
Blue Ridge Parkway
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Ski areas
1
Sugar Mountain Resort
Parkway · 34 mi southeast

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

Mapped around Seven Mile Ford

To the southeast is where most of the 4 lie.

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

Everything nearby

Everything to see

You will find all 15 within 60 miles.

Blue Ridge Parkway

Parkway · 34 mi southeast · 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

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

Parks and trails in Seven Mile Ford →

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 · Grandfather Mountain: Original uploader was KyleAndMelissa22 at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Mount Rogers: USDA-FS, Public domain · Grayson Highlands State Park: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Breaks Interstate Park: SheepNotGoats (Talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sugar Mountain Resort: Mark Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Barter Theatre: RebelAt (talk) (Uploads), Public domain · Moses H. Cone Memorial Park: Bill Russ photographer, Public domain · Bluestone National Scenic River: Dave Bieri, Public domain · Blue Ridge Music Center: RMLark, CC BY-SA 4.0

Know a spot visitors miss?Locals know the overlook without the crowds and the diner the tour buses skip.
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