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Places near Point Marion by type
All 219 places by distance →One day from Point Marion
5 stops, one loop, back by 4:14 pm
69 km on the road, in driving order so you don’t double back. Times assume an 8 am start and typical visit lengths.
- Leave Point Marion
- Friendship Hill National Historic Sitehill · 2 hrs
- Sugar Grove Churchchurch · 30 min
- The Royce J. and Caroline B. Watts Museummuseum · 1.5 hrs
- West Virginia Botanic Gardengarden · 2 hrs
- Cheat Lakelake · 45 min
- Back in Point Marion
Questions people ask
What are the best places to visit near Point Marion?
Friendship Hill National Historic Site (hill, about 6 km), Cheat Lake (lake, about 9 km), Sugar Grove Church (church, about 15 km), The Royce J. and Caroline B. Watts Museum (museum, about 15 km), West Virginia Botanic Garden (garden, about 16 km), Snake Hill Wildlife Management Area (hill, about 20 km).
How many tourist places are there within 50 km of Point Marion?
80 places on Spotwander: 13 wildlife, forests & gardens, 18 hill stations & viewpoints, 8 parks, 18 lakes, dams & reservoirs, 6 churches.
Which is the nearest sanctuary to Point Marion?
Friendship Hill National Historic Site, about 6 km by road; West Virginia Botanic Garden (16 km) is next.
Which is the nearest viewpoint to Point Marion?
Cheat Canyon, about 1 km by road; Keeners Knob (5 km) is next.
What is a good one-day trip from Point Marion?
Start in Point Marion, visit Friendship Hill National Historic Site, then Sugar Grove Church, then The Royce J. and Caroline B. Watts Museum, then West Virginia Botanic Garden, then Cheat Lake, and drive back — about 69 km by road in all.