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Attractions near Stanleytown

From Stanleytown, 17 mi to Blue Ridge Parkway

Blue Ridge Parkway sees about 16.5M visitors a year. There is no place to visit inside Stanleytown; there are 10 within 40 miles. Among them are 4 museums, a parkway and a lake. Allow a day for Appalachian Trail, 48 mi off.

Attractions nearby
32
within 60 miles
The big one
48 mi
Appalachian Trail
National park units
2
parks & monuments
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Park & preserve · 48 mi northwest

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 →

The map

Mapped around Stanleytown

The map stretches to Woods of Terror, 40 mi away.

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

Everything nearby

Every place to visit

Here are the 32 places within 60 miles.

Appalachian Trail

Park & preserve · 48 mi northwest · read 307K times a year on Wikipedia

2,198.4-mile (3,538 km) trail going through fourteen US states managed by the National Park Service.

3.0M visitors a year
Towns near it → · Wikipedia

Blue Ridge Parkway

Parkway · 17 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

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

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

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

Appalachian Trail: Paulba. Original uploader was Paulbalegend at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Blue Ridge Parkway: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Lane Stadium: User:B, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mountain Lake: Rolfmueller, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · 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

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