5 Best Day Trips in North Carolina | Love is Vacation

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3 Popular Attractions In North Carolina

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• Biltmore Estate: 8000-acre estate in Asheville, North Carolina.|
• Blue Ridge Parkway: Scenic drive that goes through Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee.|
• Cape Hatteras: Cape on the eastern coast of North Carolina.|
• Carowinds: Amusement park in Charlotte, North Carolina.|
• Charlotte Motor Speedway: Car racing track in Concord, North Carolina.|
• Clingmans Dome: Mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina.|
• Discovery Place: Science museum in Charlotte, North Carolina.|
• DPAC, Durham Performing Arts Center: Theater in Durham, North Carolina.|
• Outer Banks: Barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina.|
• Grandfather Mountain: Mountain and state park near Linville, North Carolina.|
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park: National park on the border of North Carolina and Tennessee.|
• NASCAR Hall of Fame: Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina.|
• North Carolina Museum of Art: Art museum in Raleigh, North Carolina.|
• North Carolina Zoo: Zoo in Asheboro, North Carolina.|
• Pisgah National Forest: National forest in Nebo, North Carolina.|
• Sliding Rock: Waterfall in Nebo, North Carolina.|
• Tweetsie Railroad: Theme park in Blowing Rock, North Carolina.{

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• Biltmore Estate: 8000-acre estate in Asheville, North Carolina.|
• Blue Ridge Parkway: Scenic drive that goes through Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee.|
• Cape Hatteras: Cape on the eastern coast of North Carolina.|
• Carowinds: Amusement park in Charlotte, North Carolina.|
• Charlotte Motor Speedway: Car racing track in Concord, North Carolina.|
• Clingmans Dome: Mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina.|
• Discovery Place: Science museum in Charlotte, North Carolina.|
• DPAC, Durham Performing Arts Center: Theater in Durham, North Carolina.|
• Outer Banks: Barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina.|
• Grandfather Mountain: Mountain and state park near Linville, North Carolina.|
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park: National park on the border of North Carolina and Tennessee.|
• NASCAR Hall of Fame: Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina.|
• North Carolina Museum of Art: Art museum in Raleigh, North Carolina.|
• North Carolina Zoo: Zoo in Asheboro, North Carolina.|
• Pisgah National Forest: National forest in Nebo, North Carolina.|
• Sliding Rock: Waterfall in Nebo, North Carolina.|
• Tweetsie Railroad: Theme park in Blowing Rock, North Carolina.{

North Carolina Facts:

• The QC is the largest metropolitan area in the U.S. that does not have a zoo.

• Today, Charlotte remains an economic hot spot. Behind New York City, it’s now the country’s second-largest banking center. Bank of America is headquartered here, as are Wells Fargo’s East Coast operations. This reality has given rise to yet another nickname: Banktown.

• Remember the plane that had to make an emergency landing on the Hudson River back in 2009? You can now see it on display at the Charlotte-based Carolinas Aviation Museum. The airbus’s infamous last flight was originally supposed to take it from New York’s LaGuardia Airport to the Queen City. Accordingly, 80 of the 155 passengers on board hailed from the greater Charlotte region. Every so often, a few of them swing by the museum for a “meet and greet” with visitors.

• Financier Hugh McColl transformed North Carolina National Bank (NCNB) is a national player that became known as NationsBank, eventually merging with BankAmerica to become Bank of America.

• In the 19th century, numerous Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist, Episcopalian, Lutheran, and Roman Catholic churches formed in the city giving it the nickname, “The City of Churches”.

• The context of our hornet’s nest logos dates back to 1780.

• Havelock is home of Marine Base “Cherry Point.” It is the largest air base in the Marine Corps.

• Grandfather Mountain, highest peak in the Blue Ridge, is the only private park in the world designated by the United Nations as an International Biosphere Reserve.

North Carolina
State
State of North Carolina
Flag Seal
Nickname(s): Tarheel State; Old North State
Motto(s): Esse quam videri:[1]“To be, rather than to seem”
Anthem: The Old North State (song)[2]
Map of the United States with North Carolina highlighted
Country	United States
Before statehood	Province of North Carolina
Admitted to the Union	November 21, 1789 (12th)
Capital	Raleigh
Largest city	Charlotte
Largest metro and urban areas	Greater Charlotte
Government
•Governor	Roy Cooper (D)
•Lieutenant Governor	Mark Robinson (R)
Legislature	General Assembly
•Upper house	Senate
•Lower house	House of Representatives
Judiciary	North Carolina Supreme Court
U.S. senators	Richard Burr (R) Thom Tillis (R)
U.S. House delegation	8 Republicans 5 Democrats (list)
Area
•Total	53,819sqmi (139,390km2)
•Land	48,711sqmi (126,161km2)
•Water	1,972sqmi (5,108km2) 9.5%
•Rank	28th
Dimensions
•Length	500[3]mi (804km)
•Width	184mi (296km)
Elevation	700ft (210m)
Highestelevation (Mount Mitchell[4][5])	6,684ft (2,037m)
Lowestelevation (Atlantic Ocean[4])	0ft (0m)
Population (2021)
•Total	10,551,162
•Rank	9th
•Density	214.6/sqmi (82.9/km2)
•Rank	15th
•Median household income	$52,752[6]
•Income rank	39th
Demonym(s)	North Carolinian (official); Tarheel (colloquial)
Language
•Official language	English[7]
•Spoken language	As of 2010[8] English 90.70% Spanish 6.93% Other 2.73%
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern)
•Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
USPS abbreviation	NC
ISO 3166 code	US-NC
Traditional abbreviation	N.C.
Latitude	33° 50′ N to 36° 35′ N
Longitude	75° 28′ W to 84° 19′ W
Website	www.nc.gov