Appalachian Trail
2,198.4-mile (3,538 km) trail going through fourteen US states managed by the National Park Service.
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.

Roughly 16.5M visitors a year make it to Blue Ridge Parkway. The town has no place on our list of its own; 15 are within 40 miles. Look for 5 museums, 2 landmarks and 2 lakes. New River Gorge National Park and Preserve lies 58 mi out, the pick for a day trip.

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 →
Out at 40 mi is Anne Spencer House, the farthest.
Orange: Troutville. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Here are the 23 places within 60 miles.
2,198.4-mile (3,538 km) trail going through fourteen US states managed by the National Park Service.
Scenic parkway that runs between Shenandoah National Park in west central Virginia and Great Smoky National Park in western North Carolina.
Unit of the United States National Park System in West Virginia.
United States government continuity program in West Virginia (decommissioned).
American football stadium on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, VA, US.
1,700 acres in Virginia (US) managed by the National Park Service.
Caves and attraction near Lewisburg, West Virginia, USA.
224 acres managed by the U.S. National Park Service.
4,310 acres in West Virginia (US) managed by the National Park Service.
Natural history museum in Martinsville, Virginia.
Art museum at Randolph College in Lynchburg, Virginia.
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.
Parks and trails in Troutville → · Troutville’s history →
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 · Appomattox Court House National Historical Park: Doug Coldwell, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Virginia Museum of Transportation: Warfieldian, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Taubman Museum of Art: O Palsson, CC BY 2.0 · 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 · O. Winston Link Museum: Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Sunshine Farm and Gardens: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0