Fallingwater
House designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Pennsylvania.
Attractions near Kingwood
Fallingwater, 32 mi from Kingwood
Fort Necessity National Battlefield draws about 226K visitors a year. The town has no place on our list of its own; 16 are within 40 miles. On the list: 4 ski areas, 2 gardens and a museum, among others. A longer outing takes you to Flight 93 National Memorial, 57 mi off.
Attractions nearby
33
within 60 miles
The big one
32 mi
Fallingwater
National park units
4
parks & monuments
Ski areas
6
Canaan Valley Ski Resort
Big draws
2
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Museum · 32 mi north
Fallingwater
House designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Pennsylvania.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The map
Where they are
The outermost point is Dolly Sods Wilderness, at 37 mi.
Orange: Kingwood. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
Place after place
These 33 are within 60 miles, none in town.
2Flight 93 National Memorial
Shanksville, Pennsylvania memorial to the 4th plane that crashed on 9/11.
3
4Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium
American football stadium in West Virginia, US.
5
6Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Historic fort and battlefield in Pennsylvania USA.
7
8Idlewild and Soak Zone
Children's amusement park near Ligonier, Pennsylvania, USA.
11Fort Ligonier
British fortification from the French and Indian War in Ligonier, Pennsylvania.
12Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
National Historical Park located in the District of Columbia and the states of Maryland and West Virginia.
13
14Ohiopyle State Park
State park in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Fort Cumberland
18th-century frontier fort at the current site of Cumberland, Maryland.
Laurel Mountain Ski Resort
Mountain in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
Historic house in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
Literary Hall
Mid-19th-century library and museum in Romney, West Virginia.
West Virginia Botanic Garden
Park in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States of America.
Prabhupada's Palace of Gold
Former home of Vedic scholar A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Kingwood → · Kingwood’s history →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits
Fallingwater: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Flight 93 National Memorial: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dolly Sods Wilderness: Valerius Tygart, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Mount Davis: Wikiuser100, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Necessity National Battlefield: Wilson44691, CC0 · Spruce Mountain: Valerius Tygart, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Deep Creek Lake: Gohens84, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Ligonier: The original uploader was Mind meal at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park: Bonnachoven, CC0 · Blackwater Falls: Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant), CC BY-SA 2.5 · Ohiopyle State Park: Hubert Stoffels from Pittsburgh, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Fort Cumberland: Unknown, Public domain · Laurel Mountain Ski Resort: jcalz (talk)calzarette, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Canaan Valley Ski Resort: Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant), CC BY-SA 2.5 · Friendship Hill National Historic Site: The original uploader was ScottyBoy900Q at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pennsylvania Trolley Museum: The original uploader was N2xjk at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Earl L. Core Arboretum: Darren Ringer, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Westmoreland Museum of American Art: Canadian2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Literary Hall: Justin A. Wilcox from Washington, D.C., United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · West Virginia State Wildlife Center: Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Prabhupada's Palace of Gold: Henrydoktorski, Public domain
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