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Attractions near Woodlawn

Worth the trip from Woodlawn: Blue Ridge Parkway, 8 mi off

Blue Ridge Parkway draws about 16.5M visitors a year. Nothing on our list is inside Woodlawn; the 8 places to visit are within 40 miles. Look for 2 state parks, 2 museums and a parkway. For a full day, there is Appalachian Trail, 49 mi away.

Attractions nearby
21
within 60 miles
The big one
8 mi
Blue Ridge Parkway
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Parkway · 8 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

Where to go

Grayson Highlands State Park marks the outer edge, 40 mi away.

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

Everything nearby

Place after place

You will find all 21 within 60 miles.

Appalachian Trail

Park & preserve · 49 mi northeast · 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 · 8 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
Towns near it → · Official site · Wikipedia

Old Salem

Museum · 55 mi southeast · read 20K times a year on Wikipedia

Historic district and open-air museum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A..

Towns near it → · Wikipedia

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

Parks and trails in Woodlawn →

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 · Mount Rogers: USDA-FS, 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 · Grayson Highlands State Park: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Hanging Rock State Park: Jacalyn Engler from Greensboro, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Reynolda House Museum of American Art: Zsrarticle, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bluestone National Scenic River: Dave Bieri, Public domain · Single Brothers' House: P. Hughes, CC BY 4.0 · 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

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