Things To Do in Charlotte, North Carolina

This museum offers audience-focused programs and exhibits, based on the people, buildings, stories and objects that have shaped the history of Charlotte and its surrounding region.

Discovery Place

Visitors will be captivated by the exciting hands-on exhibits at this huge educational center for science and technology, where a tropical rain forest, space station, Ocean Touch Pool and Omnimax theater are only a few of the attractions that bring the sciences to life.

Museum of the New South

Visitors are awed by the interactive, multi-sensory exhibits at this museum dedicated to exploring the Southern United States during the post-Civil War period.

Mint Museum of Crafts

The Mint Museum of Crafts is an art museum that offers special exhibits and early Renaissance paintings.

Paramount's Carowinds

Paramount's Carowinds is a 105-acre theme/water park which features rides that thrill and live entertainment.

Charlotte Museum of History

This museum offers audience-focused programs and exhibits, based on the people, buildings, stories and objects that have shaped the history of Charlotte and its surrounding region.

Wing Haven Garden and Bird Sanctuary

The Wing Haven Garden and Bird Sanctuary is a  popular tourist stop that combines formal gardens and woodland serenity.

Concord Mills

Concord Mills are outlet stores with plenty of discounts. There are 200 stores including Off Fifth Avenue, Naturalizer, OshKosh B’Gosh, Nine West, Brooks Brothers plus restaurants and a AMC multi-plex theater.  

Charlotte Nature Museum

Children of all ages will love this nature museum with hands-on exhibits relating to natural history.

Carolina Raptor Center

Through rehabilitation, research and education, this non-profit organization seeks to conserve birds of prey such as eagles, hawks, owls, vultures and falcons.

The Beech Spring Mountain Bike Park is a 5 mile looping bike trail for the advanced biker.

Olde Sycamore Golf Plantation

Measuring 6,965 yards from the championship tees at par 72, this eighteen-hole Bent grass course with water in play was designed by Tom Jackson

INFO! CHARLOTTE

At this visitor center you can find information on three self-guided walking tours of the Fourth Ward and a historic tour of Uptown, as well as maps and brochures.

Golf Club at Ballantyne

Set on gently rolling terrain, this 18-hole, par 71 championship golf course offers a choice of five sets of tees that play from 6,735 yards from the back to 4,815 yards from the front.

Highland Creek Golf Club

The Highland Creek Golf Club is a beautiful golf course that is a centerpiece of a expanding real estate development.

Independence Boulevard

Independence Boulevard has something for just about everyone: with hips shops, wonderful restaurants, theaters, bars and pool halls.

Waterford Golf Club

Waterford Golf course is a wonderful  golf course that was built along the banks of the Catawba River.

Spirit Square Arts Center

Spirit Square Arts Center is an arts center that stages concerts, art exhibits and many performances by the Charlotte Symphony and Opera and Repertory Theater.

Charlotte Farmers Market

Owned by the State of North Carolina, the Charlotte Farmers Market brings fresh produce, jams and jellies, baked goods, crafts and more to Charlotte, North Carolina.

Ray's Splash Planet

Arts center that stages concerts, art exhibits and many performances by the Charlotte Symphony and Opera and Repertory Theater.