| Lowe's Motor Speedway | Website | Concord, NC |
| Located just minutes from the Lake Norman area, Lowe's Motor Speedway is considered the "home base" of NASCAR. Lowe’s Motor Speedway is the host to two major annual NASCAR Sprint Cup races as well as the Sprint All-Star Race. The Speedway features several driving schools on site where students can ride around the track in a real racecar. |
| Jetton Park | Website | Cornelius, NC |
| Jetton Park, situated on the shores of Lake Norman, is the perfect spot for your next reunion, party, or meeting. Situated on 105 acres, Jetton Park offers picnic decks, a playground, tennis courts, a walking trail, a bike trail and a formal garden. |
| Ramsey Creek Park | Website | Cornelius, NC |
| Located on the Lake Norman waterfront, Ramsey Creek Park offers a boat launching area, docks, a fishing pier, picnic shelters, sunbrella rentals, horseshoe pits, a dog park, nature trails, and more. |
| Historic Latta Plantation | Website | Huntersville, NC |
| Historic Latta Plantation is a circa-1800 era cotton plantation and living history farm. Latta Plantation is listed in the National Register of Historic Sites. The original home and smokehouse still stand along with several other service buildings. Guided tours and self-guided tours ara available. |
| Duke Energy's Energy Explorium | Website | Huntersville, NC |
| Located at McGuire Nuclear Station, Duke Energy's EnergyExplorium offers educational, hands-on activities related to energy generation and Lake Norman. Virtual tours of McGuire Nuclear Station are offered. |
| Carolina Raptor Center | Website | Huntersville, NC |
| Located within Latta Plantation Nature Preserve, the Carolina Raptor Center is dedicated to the conservation of birds of prey through education, reseatch, and rehabilitation of injured and orphaned raptors. The Nature Trail winds through the outdoor aviaries, where over 20 different species of birds of prey reside including eagles, ospreys, owls, vultures, and falcons. |
| Blythe Landing | Website | Huntersville, NC |
| Blythe Landing offers floating piers for Lake Norman boat launches, a playground, picnic areas, sand volleyball courts, and a cafe. |
| Rural Hill Farm | Website | Huntersville, NC |
| Home of American patriot Major John Davidson, this 265 acre plantation allows visitors to take a look back in time to the 18th century. Featuring magnificent rural vistas, farm animals, walking trails, and historic buildings, Rural Hill has become a cultural center of Scottish heritage. |
| McDowell Nature Center and Preserve | Website | Huntersville, NC |
| McDowell Nature Center serves as the gateway to the 1108-acre McDowell Nature Preserve and is the source for educational programs and information on the preserve's natural communities, flora, and fauna. The preserve has been left 90% undeveloped and protects mostly forested, rolling terrain along the banks of Lake Wylie. |
| Lincoln County Historical Society | Website | Lincolnton, NC |
| The exhibitions in the Lincoln County Museum of History serve to educate our audiences about the history of Lincolnton and Lincoln County. In addition, staff organizations exhibitions for the purpose of evoking discussions about local history, material culture, and historic preservation. |
| Queen's Landing | Website | Mooresville, NC |
| Queen's Landing offers cruises on Lake Norman on the Catawba Queen, a replica Mississippi Riverboat paddlewheeler and the Lady of the Lake, a 90 ft luxury yacht. Queen's Landing also features fine dining and an 18 hole golf course. |
| Lazy 5 Ranch | Website | Mooresville, NC |
| Lazy 5 Ranch is a privately owned exotic animal drive-thru park that allows you to view over 750 animals from six different continents from the safety of your car or by horse-drawn wagon. |
| Carrigan Farms | Website | Mooresville, NC |
| Carrigan Farms specializes in quality fruits and vegetables, educational school tours and field trips, and other special events. Here you can buy fresh produce already picked or you can grab a basket and pick them yourself. |
| North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame | Website | Mooresville, NC |
| The North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame is dedicated to all types of racing—from drag racing to stock cars, the museum houses more than 35 cars that represent and help relive some of racing’s greatest moments. Numerous racing displays and showcases are continually rotated in an effort to promote North Carolina’s motorsports heritage. |
| Memory Lane Motorsports Museum | Website | Mooresville, NC |
| If you cherish automobiles, racing or history, this museum has something for you. With over 150 vehicles on display, this is the largest private collection of vintage stock cars in the U.S. View the history of the automobile from the buggy through the present day. View the history of Stock Car Racing from the early moonshine era to super speedways. |
| Stumpy Creek Park & Boat Landing | Website | Mooresville, NC |
| Stumpy Creek Park is located on 83 acres in Mooresville and features soccer fields, baseball fields, a playground, picnic shelters, a walking track, a 9 hole disc golf course and a 24 hour boat landing on Lake Norman. |
| BirdBrain Ostrich Ranch, Inc. | Website | Sherrills Ford, NC |
| BirdBrain Ostrich Ranch is an operational ranch that raises ostrich as a source of healthy red meat. The ranch offers tours of their facilities and also has a retail store onsite where you can purchase ostrich meat and souvenirs. |
| Lake Norman State Park | Website | Troutman, NC |
| Lake Norman State Park offers boating, camping, fishing, hiking, biking, picnicking, swimming, and many more activities and events. |
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