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Attractions near Twin Lakes

A day out from Twin Lakes: Blue Ridge Parkway, 27 mi away

Blue Ridge Parkway welcomes about 16.5M visitors a year. No place to visit is mapped inside Twin Lakes; 17 are within 40 miles. They include 4 museums, 2 stadiums & arenas and 2 ski areas. Further afield, George Washington Birthplace National Monument is 54 mi from the centre.

Attractions nearby
28
within 60 miles
The big one
7 mi
Shenandoah National Park
National park units
7
parks & monuments
Ski areas
2
Massanutten Resort
National Park · 7 mi northwest

Shenandoah National Park

195,000 acres in Virginia (US) maintained by the National Park Service.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

The places, mapped

Furthest out is Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park, at 37 mi.

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

Everything nearby

Every entry

Here are the 28 places within 60 miles.

Blue Ridge Parkway

Parkway · 27 mi southwest · 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 Twin Lakes → · Twin Lakes’ history →

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 · Shenandoah National Park: Image copyright 2005 by user G. Edward Johnson (user Lorax) and released under t, CC BY-SA 3.0 · George Washington Birthplace National Monument: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · Appomattox Court House National Historical Park: Doug Coldwell, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Luray Caverns: Paulo Ordoveza from Washington, DC, CC BY 2.0 · Scott Stadium: Mak7912, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Skyline Drive: Image copyright 2005 by user G. Edward Johnson (user Lorax) and released under t, CC BY-SA 3.0 · John Paul Jones Arena: Bob Mical, CC BY 2.0 · George Washington and Jefferson National Forests: Aneta Kaluzna, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park: RebelAt at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Market Street Park: Chad Fennell, CC BY 2.0 · Prince William Forest Park: NPS, Public domain · Richmond National Battlefield Park: Sarah Stierch, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park: APK, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia: Woody Hibbard from Texas, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Fralin Museum of Art: SharpCrumbs, CC0 · Marine Raider Museum: Leonard J. DeFrancisci, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection: Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Paramount Theater: AgnosticPreachersKid, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Exchange Hotel: Rutke421 (talk) 23:13, 9 August 2008 (UTC), Public domain · Gari Melchers Home: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0 · Orland E. White Research Arboretum: by Reggaeman, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Boxerwood Gardens: uploaded with permission by User:Leonard G.., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Weston: Doctree, CC0

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