Long View Recreation Area

Long View Recreation Area: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this park: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Long View Recreation Area

Season: Year-round, evenings.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Long View Recreation Area — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 35.73568, -81.39216. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Long View Recreation Area

• Houck's Chapel · church · Catawba · ~3 km · Must-see
• Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail · trek · Burke · ~18 km · Must-see
• Hibriten Mountain · viewpoint · Caldwell · ~25 km · Must-see
• Memorial Reformed Church · church · Catawba · ~30 km · Must-see
• Tuttle Educational State Forest · sanctuary · Caldwell · ~31 km · Must-see
• Gaston Chapel AME Church · church · Burke · ~33 km · Must-see
• Balls Creek Campground · church · Catawba · ~36 km · Must-see
• South Mountains State Park · sanctuary · Burke · ~39 km · Must-see
• First Presbyterian Church · church · Lincoln · ~40 km · Must-see
• Emmanuel Lutheran Church · church · Lincoln · ~40 km · Must-see
• The Berry Site · fort · Burke · ~40 km · Must-see
• Maria Chapel · church · Caldwell · ~45 km · Must-see
• Adams Mountain · viewpoint · Caldwell · ~46 km · Must-see
• Saint Paul's Episcopal Church · church · Burke · ~49 km · Must-see
• Brown Mountain · viewpoint · Caldwell · ~49 km · Must-see
• Pores Knob · viewpoint · Wilkes · ~51 km · Must-see
• Lake Norman · lake · Catawba · ~52 km · Must-see
• Little Chestnut Mountain · viewpoint · Caldwell · ~52 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Long View Recreation Area

Other parks near Long View Recreation Area

• Tweetsie Railroad · park · Watauga · ~67 km · Must-see
• Rendezvous Mountain Educational State Forest · park · Wilkes · ~69 km · Must-see
• Latta Place · park · Mecklenburg · ~74 km · Must-see
• Carolina Renaissance Festival · park · Mecklenburg · ~82 km · Must-see
• Hornets Nest Park · park · Mecklenburg · ~83 km · Must-see
• Robert L. Smith Regional Park · park · Mecklenburg · ~83 km · Must-see
• Nevin Regional Park · park · Mecklenburg · ~88 km · Must-see
• Seversville Park · park · Mecklenburg · ~91 km · Must-see
• Bryant Park · park · York · ~92 km · Must-see
• Bryant Park · park · Mecklenburg · ~92 km · Must-see

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