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Places near Midtown by type
All 246 places by distance →One day from Midtown
5 stops, one loop, back by 5:09 pm
96 km on the road, in driving order so you don’t double back. Times assume an 8 am start and typical visit lengths.
- Leave Midtown
- Suck-egg Hollowviewpoint · 1 hrs
- Watts Bar Lakelake · 45 min
- Fort Southwest Pointfort · 1.5 hrs
- K-25 (Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant)heritage site · 1.5 hrs
- Lone Mountain State Forestnature spot · 2 hrs
- Back in Midtown
Questions people ask
What are the best places to visit near Midtown?
Cumberland Trail (trek, about 3 km), Fort Southwest Point (fort, about 5 km), Watts Bar Lake (lake, about 11 km), Suck-egg Hollow (viewpoint, about 13 km), K-25 (Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant) (heritage site, about 21 km), Justin P. Wilson Cumberland Trail State Park (nature spot, about 2 km).
How many tourist places are there within 50 km of Midtown?
176 places on Spotwander: 75 hill stations & viewpoints, 19 parks, 10 churches, 16 forts & heritage, 13 lakes, dams & reservoirs.
Which is the nearest viewpoint to Midtown?
River Knobs, about 4 km by road; Stowe Bluff (4 km) is next.
Which is the nearest park to Midtown?
Kingston City Park, about 4 km by road; Kingston Wildlife Management Area and Refuge (7 km) is next.
What is a good one-day trip from Midtown?
Start in Midtown, visit Suck-egg Hollow, then Watts Bar Lake, then Fort Southwest Point, then K-25 (Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant), then Lone Mountain State Forest, and drive back — about 96 km by road in all.