1Booker T. Washington National Monument
224 acres managed by the U.S. National Park Service.
Attractions near Westlake Corner
The one place to visit in Westlake Corner is Booker T. Washington National Monument
A typical year brings about 16.5M visitors to Blue Ridge Parkway. We list one place to visit inside Westlake Corner and 11 within 40 miles. There are 7 museums, a national monument and a parkway to choose from. Appalachian Trail, 41 mi away, is the best-known day out.
Attractions nearby
22
within 60 miles
The big one
41 mi
Appalachian Trail
National park units
2
parks & monuments
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Park & preserve · 41 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
The places, mapped
The list reaches out to Lynchburg Courthouse, 37 mi away.
Orange: Westlake Corner. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
Full list of places
The one inside Westlake Corner comes first, then 21 more within 60 miles.
Appalachian Trail
2,198.4-mile (3,538 km) trail going through fourteen US states managed by the National Park Service.
3Blue Ridge Parkway
Scenic parkway that runs between Shenandoah National Park in west central Virginia and Great Smoky National Park in western North Carolina.
4Project Greek Island
United States government continuity program in West Virginia (decommissioned).
5Lane Stadium
American football stadium on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, VA, US.
6Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
1,700 acres in Virginia (US) managed by the National Park Service.
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11Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial
1,000 acres in Virginia (USA), maintained by the Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation.
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Virginia Museum of Natural History
Natural history museum in Martinsville, Virginia.
Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College
Art museum at Randolph College in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Lynchburg Courthouse
Is a historic courthouse building located at Lynchburg, Virginia..
The places inside Westlake Corner lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Westlake Corner → · Westlake Corner’s history →
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Photo credits
Booker T. Washington National Monument: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · Appalachian Trail: Paulba. Original uploader was Paulbalegend at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Blue Ridge Parkway: Ken Thomas, 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 · 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 · Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial: Jamestown Official Photo Corp., Public domain · Virginia Museum of Transportation: Warfieldian, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Taubman Museum of Art: O Palsson, CC BY 2.0 · 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 · Staunton River Battlefield State Park: Virginia State Parks, CC BY 2.0 · Lynchburg Courthouse: Pubdog (talk), Public domain
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