Day Trips® from Raleigh-Durham: Getaway Ideas For The Local Traveler

by James L. Hoffman

Overview

Rediscover the simple pleasures of a day trip or weekend away with Day Trips® from Raleigh-Durham. This guide is packed with hundreds of exciting things for kids, outdoor adventurers, and history lovers to do—all within a two- to four-hour drive of the Triangle area. Day Trips® from Raleigh-Durham helps locals and vacationers make the most of a brief getaway.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493044283
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	02/01/2021
Series:	Day Trips Series
Edition description:	Fifth Edition
Pages:	232
Sales rank:	1,023,328
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

James L. Hoffman is a freelance writer and North Carolina native. He lives in Gastonia, just outside Charlotte, with his wife Bonnie. Hoffman is also the author of Fun With the Family in North Carolina, Day Trips from Charlotte, and Day Trips from Raleigh-Durham, all published by Globe Pequot Press.

Table of Contents

About the author xii

Introduction xiii

Using this travel guide xv

Northeast

Day trip 01 Rocky road 2

Rocky mount 2

Tarboro 5

Day trip 02 Back in time 7

Williamston 9

Windsor 11

Edenton 13

Day trip 03 Plantation valley 17

Halifax 19

Murfreesboro 21

East

Day trip 01 On the waterfront 25

New bern 27

Oriental 32

Day trip 02 George Washington slept here 33

Washington 35

Bath 38

Aurora 39

Edward 40

Day trip 03 Barbecue highway 41

Smithfield 43

Selma 44

Goldsboro 45

Day trip 04 Fork and farm 48

La grange 50

Kinston 50

Day trip 05 Coastal diversion 54

Morehead city 56

Atlantic beach 59

Swansboro 62

Day trip 06 Of pirates and pastimes 64

Beaufort 64

Day trip 67

Farm living 71

Bailey 71

Kenly 73

Wilson 74

Farmville 76

Greenville 77

Southeast

Day trip 01 Fun in the sun 80

Wilmington 80

Wrightsville beach 88

Carolina beach 90

Kure beach 91

Day trip 02 Island hopping 93

Southport 95

Bald head island 97

South

Day trip 01 Out of the frying pan 101

Benson 101

Rose hill 103

Day trip 02 A Carolina bay mystery 105

Elizabethtown 107

White lake 109

Lake waccamaw 110

Day trip 03 A patriotic jaunt 112

Fayetteville 114

Fort bragg 118

Day trip 04 Fore! 120

Pinehurst 122

Southern pines 126

Aberdeen 128

West

Day trip 01 The southern part of heaven 130

Chapel hill 130

Day trip 02 Courthouse to devil's tramping ground 138

Pittsboro 138

Bear creek 142

Siler city 143

Day trip 03 Living history 144

Hillsborough 144

Day trip 04 Gateway to the west 149

Burlington 149

Graham 154

Day trip 05 Triad center 156

Greensboro 158

Julian 167

Oak ridge 167

Day trip 06 Moravian village tour 169

Winston-salem 169

Day trip 07 Mayberry 179

Mount airy 179

Pilot mountain 183

Day trip 08 Crossroads of furniture and barbecue 184

Jamestown 184

High point 186

Thomasville 188

Lexington 189

Day trip 09 All aboard! 192

Salisbury 194

Spencer 197

Gold hill 198

Day trip 10 On safari 199

Randleman 201

Asheboro 201

Seagrove 204

Appendix A Festivals and celebrations 206

Appendix B A taste of the vine: North Carolina wine listings 209

Index 214