Uwharrie Vineyards & Winery is located 25 miles North-East of Charlotte in Albemarle, North Carolina. It a beautiful 14,000 sq.ft. facility with a spacious visitor’s center, a formal banquet hall, wine tasting bar and a gift shop, surrounded by 50 acres of beautiful grape vines. You can
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Belmont Abbey (Mary Help of Christians Abbey) is a monastery of the Benedictine Order located in Belmont near Charlotte, North Carolina. Belmont Abbey is a monastery of about twenty Benedictine monks, founded in 1876. Its members pray and work together according to the teachings of the Gospel and
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Billy Graham is America’s greatest Christian evangelist. It is said that Graham has preached in person to more people around the world than any other preacher in history. Billy Graham Library is located in Charlotte, North Carolina. It features Billy Graham’s life and his works.You can
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Carowinds Theme Park is a 122-acre theme park, located on the state line between North Carolina and South Carolina, in Charlotte and Fort Mill, respectively. The park opened on March 31, 1973 with a vision of bringing the 2 states close together. Carowinds opens in late March each year and closes
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Beautiful Charlotte Charlotte – the “Queen City” is a beautiful place in North Carolina. Be it summer, winter, spring or fall – Charlotte is special during all seasons. There are lot of places in and around Charlotte for visiting like State Parks, Botanical Gardens,
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Pilot Mountain State Park is located between Mount Airy and Winston Salem in North Carolina. It is 1.5 hours drive from Charlotte. It is well known for its distinctive peak “Big Pinnacle”. Pilot Mountain’s original Native American name is Jomeokee. Pilot Mountain has two
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If you are staying in Charlotte, North Carolina, the nearest Atlantic Ocean beach would be around 4 hours drive from Charlotte. When the summer heat gets unbearable in Charlotte, who would not want to take a lovely dip in the ocean. Here is a list of beaches in North Carolina and South Carolina. We
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Charlotte Motor Speedway (previously, Lowe’s Motor Speedway) was designed and built in 1959 by current chairman O. Bruton Smith. Three NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events, two NASCAR Nationwide Series races and a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event are among the major events held on the
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If you stay in Charlotte or happen to visit Charlotte, North Carolina, then be sure to check out Lazy 5 Ranch. It is a beautiful ranch located in Mooresville, about 30 minutes drive from Charlotte. It is a drive through Ranch which has over 700 animals from around the world which roam around
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I had been searching for lakes and beaches near Charlotte where swimming was permitted. There are many swimming pools in Charlotte but the nearest lake I could find was Lake Norman. All beaches are atleast 4 hours drive from Charlotte. 1. Lake Norman State Park This state park has a swimming area
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