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. 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, Aquariums and so on. Here
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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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Carolinas Aviation Museum is located very near to Douglas International Airport, Charlotte, North Carolina. The museum collection includes aircraft which are historically significant and relevant to the development of aviation in the Carolinas. The Military Helicopter collection includes
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Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden is located just west of Charlotte at the N.C./S.C. state line, outside the town of Belmont, North Carolina. It’s a beautiful place and a must see for all nature lovers.Those who are staying in and around Charlotte, NC and Fort Hill, South Carolina should
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Snow is something very fascinating for the people of Charlotte. It hardly snows in Charlotte and when it does once or twice in a year, people have lots of fun. 2009 was special as it snowed thrice in Charlotte, North Carolina. It snowed on the night of March 1st, 2009 and that was one of
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