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Attractions near Troutville

Worth the trip from Troutville: Appalachian Trail, 28 mi off

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.

Attractions nearby
23
within 60 miles
The big one
3 mi
Blue Ridge Parkway
National park units
4
parks & monuments
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Parkway · 3 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

Finding your way

Out at 40 mi is Anne Spencer House, the farthest.

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

Everything nearby

The whole list for Troutville

Here are the 23 places within 60 miles.

Appalachian Trail

Park & preserve · 28 mi west · 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

Blue Ridge Parkway

Parkway · 3 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

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 →

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 · 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

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