Elizabeth D’s guidebook
Sightseeing
We have so many places to see you would need a week to visit them all.
Located 30 miles west of Center City, Crowders Mountain State Park draws outdoorsy folk who enjoy hiking, camping, fishing, rock climbing and canoeing. Pack a lunch so you can picnic while taking in the view of Uptown from the summit
The boulders trailhead is only 20 minutes walk from the front porch. Come an experience a place that locals will tell you not to miss.
Crowders Mountain State Park - Boulders Access Area
522 Vandyke RdLocated 30 miles west of Center City, Crowders Mountain State Park draws outdoorsy folk who enjoy hiking, camping, fishing, rock climbing and canoeing. Pack a lunch so you can picnic while taking in the view of Uptown from the summit
The boulders trailhead is only 20 minutes walk from the front porch. Come an experience a place that locals will tell you not to miss.
This is a great park with a working historical farm, horse and hiking trails. A beautiful wooded area for all to enjoy.
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Parque Estatal Kings Mountain
1277 Park RoadThis is a great park with a working historical farm, horse and hiking trails. A beautiful wooded area for all to enjoy.
This is a must-see here in Charlotte if you love adventure and outdoor activities. A short 30 min drive you can buy a day pass and enjoy all they have to offer. Activities to enjoy are white water rafting, white water, and flatwater kayaking, hiking, mountain biking, rock climbing, and zip lines. There are also special events and restaurants on the premises.
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U.S. National Whitewater Center
5000 Whitewater Center PkwyThis is a must-see here in Charlotte if you love adventure and outdoor activities. A short 30 min drive you can buy a day pass and enjoy all they have to offer. Activities to enjoy are white water rafting, white water, and flatwater kayaking, hiking, mountain biking, rock climbing, and zip lines. There are also special events and restaurants on the premises.
Belmont’s 380-acre paradise, Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden, is about 20 miles from Charlotte. Linger over brews from the beer garden, and on Thursday nights, sip and stroll to the tune of live jams. Hungry? Venture into the city itself to enjoy dinner at The String Bean or Nellie’s Southern Kitchen.
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Jardín Botánico Daniel Stowe
6500 S New Hope RdBelmont’s 380-acre paradise, Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden, is about 20 miles from Charlotte. Linger over brews from the beer garden, and on Thursday nights, sip and stroll to the tune of live jams. Hungry? Venture into the city itself to enjoy dinner at The String Bean or Nellie’s Southern Kitchen.
Great place for the family to enjoy. An excellent hands on interactive museum for kids and family to enjoy. The museum has regularly rotating exhibits.
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Discovery Place Science
301 N Tryon StGreat place for the family to enjoy. An excellent hands on interactive museum for kids and family to enjoy. The museum has regularly rotating exhibits.
This museum doesn’t only explore our city’s past; it shows the intersection of past, present and future. Exhibits and events present an inclusive and thorough examination of the lives and events in Charlotte.
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Levine Museum of the New South
401 E 7th StThis museum doesn’t only explore our city’s past; it shows the intersection of past, present and future. Exhibits and events present an inclusive and thorough examination of the lives and events in Charlotte.
With an architectural design inspired by the dairy barn where Billy Graham grew up, this museum holds multimedia exhibits and personal items that teach about the man behind the pulpit.
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Biblioteca de Billy Graham
4330 Westmont DrWith an architectural design inspired by the dairy barn where Billy Graham grew up, this museum holds multimedia exhibits and personal items that teach about the man behind the pulpit.
This is a great place to visit. There is a great interactive exhibit. There is a theater with complete account of the battle for our history buffs. Also a museum that gives you an interactive experience of how the battle happened and the effect it had on the war and the local people. There is also a hiking trail of the battlefield.
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Kings Mountain National Military Park
This is a great place to visit. There is a great interactive exhibit. There is a theater with complete account of the battle for our history buffs. Also a museum that gives you an interactive experience of how the battle happened and the effect it had on the war and the local people. There is also a hiking trail of the battlefield.
A great way to see the stars at night here. Just minutes away from the house.
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The Schiele Museum of Natural History
1500 E Garrison BlvdA great way to see the stars at night here. Just minutes away from the house.
The NASCAR Hall of Fame, located in Charlotte, North Carolina, honors drivers who have shown exceptional skill at NASCAR driving, all-time great crew chiefs and owners, broadcasters and other major contributors to competition within the sanctioning body.
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Salón de la Fama de NASCAR
400 E M.L.K. Jr BlvdThe NASCAR Hall of Fame, located in Charlotte, North Carolina, honors drivers who have shown exceptional skill at NASCAR driving, all-time great crew chiefs and owners, broadcasters and other major contributors to competition within the sanctioning body.
With 52 acres, this living museum offers a peek into life on a cotton plantation in the 1800s for planters, slaves, and settlers. Get a guided tour of the plantation home, step inside a reconstructed slave cabin, and see farm animals, like sheep, chickens and pigs.
Latta Plantation Nature Hiking Trail
With 52 acres, this living museum offers a peek into life on a cotton plantation in the 1800s for planters, slaves, and settlers. Get a guided tour of the plantation home, step inside a reconstructed slave cabin, and see farm animals, like sheep, chickens and pigs.
Aviation enthusiasts can get behind the controls of flight simulators and see historic aircraft up close, including the “Miracle on the Hudson” passenger jet that crash-landed on the Hudson River in 2009.
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Carolinas Aviation Museum
4672 1st Flight DrAviation enthusiasts can get behind the controls of flight simulators and see historic aircraft up close, including the “Miracle on the Hudson” passenger jet that crash-landed on the Hudson River in 2009.
Learn what life was like here centuries ago for residents—including the Catawba Nation, European immigrants, and African-Americans—through housing replicas, artifacts, maps, and historic exhibits.
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Charlotte Museum of History
3500 Shamrock DrLearn what life was like here centuries ago for residents—including the Catawba Nation, European immigrants, and African-Americans—through housing replicas, artifacts, maps, and historic exhibits.
Listen, watch, and learn about great musical performers and composers with North Carolina roots, like Charlie Daniels, Shirley Caesar and James Taylor.
North Carolina Music Hall Of Fame
600 Dale Earnhardt BlvdListen, watch, and learn about great musical performers and composers with North Carolina roots, like Charlie Daniels, Shirley Caesar and James Taylor.
Kings Mountain Gateway Trail is situated in a beautiful natural park setting offering a picnic shelter, restrooms, drinking fountains, and parking. Much of the park is heavily wooded and the trail is suitable for hiking and biking. The trail travels through property that was once used for mining and, along the way, you will see two hills made of rock removed from the old quarries.
One day, the trail is planned to stretch 8 to 10 miles to connect the city of Kings Mountain, Crowders Mountain State Park, Kings Mountain State Park, Kings Mountain National Military Park, the Overmountain Victory Trail, and the Appalachian Trail. It's currently part of a regional trail network called the Carolina Thread Trail, which will link 15 counties across North and South Carolina.
Parking and Trail Access
Parking is available at the trailhead about a half-mile south of downtown Kings Mountain at 807 S. Battleground Avenue on the corner of Quarry Road.
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Kings Mountain Gateway Trail
807 S Battleground AveKings Mountain Gateway Trail is situated in a beautiful natural park setting offering a picnic shelter, restrooms, drinking fountains, and parking. Much of the park is heavily wooded and the trail is suitable for hiking and biking. The trail travels through property that was once used for mining and, along the way, you will see two hills made of rock removed from the old quarries.
One day, the trail is planned to stretch 8 to 10 miles to connect the city of Kings Mountain, Crowders Mountain State Park, Kings Mountain State Park, Kings Mountain National Military Park, the Overmountain Victory Trail, and the Appalachian Trail. It's currently part of a regional trail network called the Carolina Thread Trail, which will link 15 counties across North and South Carolina.
Parking and Trail Access
Parking is available at the trailhead about a half-mile south of downtown Kings Mountain at 807 S. Battleground Avenue on the corner of Quarry Road.
Local Sightseeing
A local favorite this is a hidden gem only open during the summer season. You will want to experience this for yourself.
Hound's Drive-In Theatre
114 Raven CirA local favorite this is a hidden gem only open during the summer season. You will want to experience this for yourself.
Kings Mountain Historical Museum
100 E Mountain StLearn about Gaston County’s history during its textile years through exhibits that include a 19th century hotel, horse-drawn vehicles and—most impressively—one of Thomas Edison’s original electric generators.
Gaston County Museum
131 W Main StLearn about Gaston County’s history during its textile years through exhibits that include a 19th century hotel, horse-drawn vehicles and—most impressively—one of Thomas Edison’s original electric generators.
This is a great place to go an see the stars.
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The Schiele Museum of Natural History
1500 E Garrison BlvdThis is a great place to go an see the stars.
Arts and Culture
With a regular season of excellent shows you eyes will be feasted with shows that are of top quality. There are many options including the Charlotte symphony.
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Belk Theater at Blumenthal Performing Arts Center
130 N Tryon StWith a regular season of excellent shows you eyes will be feasted with shows that are of top quality. There are many options including the Charlotte symphony.
The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art in Charlotte, North Carolina, is a 36,500-square-foot museum space dedicated to the exhibition of mid-20th-century modern art. The modern art museum is part of the new Levine Center for the Arts in Uptown. The museum building was designed by architect Mario Botta
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Bechtler Museum of Modern Art
420 S Tryon StThe Bechtler Museum of Modern Art in Charlotte, North Carolina, is a 36,500-square-foot museum space dedicated to the exhibition of mid-20th-century modern art. The modern art museum is part of the new Levine Center for the Arts in Uptown. The museum building was designed by architect Mario Botta
The Mint Museum is a cultural institution in Charlotte, North Carolina, that comprises Mint Museum Randolph and Mint Museum Uptown. Together these two locations have hundreds of collections showcasing art and design from around the globe.
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Mint Museum Randolph
2730 Randolph RdThe Mint Museum is a cultural institution in Charlotte, North Carolina, that comprises Mint Museum Randolph and Mint Museum Uptown. Together these two locations have hundreds of collections showcasing art and design from around the globe.
The artwork here is more than painting and photography. It’s film. Theater. Dance. Literature. Lectures. Discussions. All of it celebrates the contributions of artists of African-American and African descent.
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El Centro Harvey B. Gantt para las Artes y la Cultura Afroamericana
551 S Tryon StThe artwork here is more than painting and photography. It’s film. Theater. Dance. Literature. Lectures. Discussions. All of it celebrates the contributions of artists of African-American and African descent.
Craft and design (including glass, wood art and jewelry) and contemporary art (from paintings to sculptures to video) shine at this beautiful museum. It’s close enough to other Uptown arts venues to create a day of cultural exploration. (Purchase the $20 Levine Center for the Arts Pass, which grants you access to four of them for 48 hours.)
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Mint Museum Uptown
500 S Tryon StCraft and design (including glass, wood art and jewelry) and contemporary art (from paintings to sculptures to video) shine at this beautiful museum. It’s close enough to other Uptown arts venues to create a day of cultural exploration. (Purchase the $20 Levine Center for the Arts Pass, which grants you access to four of them for 48 hours.)
Come to this Uptown gallery to admire art, to learn more about it through conversations with artists, or even to bring a piece home with the help of in-home consultants.
New Gallery of Modern Art
435 S Tryon StCome to this Uptown gallery to admire art, to learn more about it through conversations with artists, or even to bring a piece home with the help of in-home consultants.
Food scene
Monique and Dave Sullivan are taking their love of wine to the next level with a 70-acre winery in Kings Mountain.
Veronét Vineyards & Winery is targeting a mid-September opening, pending its ABC permits. It's located at 1549 Ike Brooks Drive in Kings Mountain.
The 6,300-square-foot winery boasts a wrap-around patio to enjoy the views of nearby Crowders Mountain. There’s a 9,000-square-foot outdoor pad for food trucks and events, and a separate production facility with room to grow.
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Veronét Vineyards & Winery
1549 Ike Brooks DrMonique and Dave Sullivan are taking their love of wine to the next level with a 70-acre winery in Kings Mountain.
Veronét Vineyards & Winery is targeting a mid-September opening, pending its ABC permits. It's located at 1549 Ike Brooks Drive in Kings Mountain.
The 6,300-square-foot winery boasts a wrap-around patio to enjoy the views of nearby Crowders Mountain. There’s a 9,000-square-foot outdoor pad for food trucks and events, and a separate production facility with room to grow.
Located in the heart of Uptown Charlotte, Mert's Heart and Soul is one of the most visited restaurants in the Queen City. Come into Merts for our delicious food!
Some of the best low country soul food cooking in Charlotte I have tasted.
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Mert's Heart & Soul
214 N College StLocated in the heart of Uptown Charlotte, Mert's Heart and Soul is one of the most visited restaurants in the Queen City. Come into Merts for our delicious food!
Some of the best low country soul food cooking in Charlotte I have tasted.
Consistently named one of Charlotte’s best restaurants since 1995, Mimosa Grill features global cuisine with a unique southern twist. Dedicated to artisans, farmers, and craftsmen whose passion for food creates the finest ingredients possible, Executive Chef Thomas Marlow creates Mimosa Grill’s dishes using only the freshest, natural ingredients that come straight from farm to the fork. The cuisine along with the restaurant’s stunning décor by renowned architect Bill Johnson, make Mimosa Grill one of Charlotte’s most distinctive dining experiences
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Mimosa Grill
327 S Tryon StConsistently named one of Charlotte’s best restaurants since 1995, Mimosa Grill features global cuisine with a unique southern twist. Dedicated to artisans, farmers, and craftsmen whose passion for food creates the finest ingredients possible, Executive Chef Thomas Marlow creates Mimosa Grill’s dishes using only the freshest, natural ingredients that come straight from farm to the fork. The cuisine along with the restaurant’s stunning décor by renowned architect Bill Johnson, make Mimosa Grill one of Charlotte’s most distinctive dining experiences
Rí Rá Irish Pub in Charlotte was restored in Ireland and shipped to the US. Rí Rá embodies everything you would expect from a genuine Irish pub.
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Rí Rá Irish Pub
208 N Tryon StRí Rá Irish Pub in Charlotte was restored in Ireland and shipped to the US. Rí Rá embodies everything you would expect from a genuine Irish pub.
Welcome to Amélie’s French Bakery & Café—a bakery committed to creating authentic French-inspired pastries, soups and savories. Some of our guests say it’s like the neighborhood flea market meets the Left Bank in Paris, and a place where people gather for a while. Our home is your home, step in anytime. See you soon! À bientôt!
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Amélie's French Bakery & Cafe | Uptown
380 S College StWelcome to Amélie’s French Bakery & Café—a bakery committed to creating authentic French-inspired pastries, soups and savories. Some of our guests say it’s like the neighborhood flea market meets the Left Bank in Paris, and a place where people gather for a while. Our home is your home, step in anytime. See you soon! À bientôt!
Cabo Fish Taco
3201 N Davidson StBoth an upmarket restaurant and a bar, 5Church is ever-growing in popularity and despite being relatively new on the scene, it has already marked itself out as one of the best eateries in the city. Offering imaginative and tasty dishes such as wasabi-crusted salmon, North Carolina mountain trout and crispy marinated tofu, the flavour combinations here are inspiring and innovative. A carefully chosen selection of local delicacies is available to order directly from the bar, best enjoyed alongside a glass of wine, champagne or with one of 5Church’s signature cocktails. The industrial design of the restaurant’s interior is expertly contrasted with the scriptures from Sun Tzu’s The Art of War that cover the ceiling adding to the uniqueness and intrigue of the establishment.
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5Church Charlotte
127 N Tryon StBoth an upmarket restaurant and a bar, 5Church is ever-growing in popularity and despite being relatively new on the scene, it has already marked itself out as one of the best eateries in the city. Offering imaginative and tasty dishes such as wasabi-crusted salmon, North Carolina mountain trout and crispy marinated tofu, the flavour combinations here are inspiring and innovative. A carefully chosen selection of local delicacies is available to order directly from the bar, best enjoyed alongside a glass of wine, champagne or with one of 5Church’s signature cocktails. The industrial design of the restaurant’s interior is expertly contrasted with the scriptures from Sun Tzu’s The Art of War that cover the ceiling adding to the uniqueness and intrigue of the establishment.
Excellent place to eat. Great food with a unique old time theater experience.
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Webb Custom Kitchen
182 S South StExcellent place to eat. Great food with a unique old time theater experience.
Local Breweries
One of our largest local breweries. Offering a spacious brewery with a pub & 8-acre beer garden offering its house brews in a lively setting.
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Old Mecklenburg Brewery
4150 Yancey RdOne of our largest local breweries. Offering a spacious brewery with a pub & 8-acre beer garden offering its house brews in a lively setting.
Sycamore Brewery is one of the Local favorites. It has a spacious Beer Garden which features Food trucks and many events to bring the community together. They have many great options of local brews on tap.
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Sycamore Brewing
2151 Hawkins StSycamore Brewery is one of the Local favorites. It has a spacious Beer Garden which features Food trucks and many events to bring the community together. They have many great options of local brews on tap.
A local brewery offering great food and brewing choices in a friendly relaxing environment.
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Middle James Brewing Company
400 N Polk StA local brewery offering great food and brewing choices in a friendly relaxing environment.