1. UNDERSTANDING DESTINATIONS 5.02 Explain major travel destinations in North Carolina (Heartland/Piedmont Region)

2. Major destinations in the Heartland/Piedmont Region Concord Mills Paramount’s Carowinds Kerr Lake Recreation Areas Jordan Lake State Recreation Area Lowe’s Motor Speedway Guilford Courthouse National Military Park North Carolina Zoo Morrow Mountain Park Wet ‘N’ Wild Emerald Pointe Water Park Airborne & Special Operations Museum

3. Concord Mills Concord, NC Shopping entertainment with an oval racetrack layout reflective of the NASCAR area Over 200 retail stores 24 screen state-of- the-art AMC Theatre

4. Paramount’s Carowinds Charlotte, NC The Carolinas’ 100-acre water and theme park Shops, rides, games A year-round campground

5. Kerr Lake State Recreation Areas Henderson, NC Man-made lake with 800 miles of wooded shoreline Names after Congressman John H. Kerr Kerr Dam Built by Army Corps of Engineers in 1953

6. Jordan Lake State Recreation Area Pittsboro, NC Covers 15,481 acres The largest summertime home of the bald eagle in the Eastern US Named in honor of former senator, B. Everett Jordan

7. Lowe’s Motor Speedway Concord, NC (near Charlotte) Built in 1959 by O. Bruton Smith and Curtis Turner President H.A. “Humpy” Wheeler One and one-half mile speedway Considered the Mecca of motor sports and home to NASCAR racing 167,000 seating capacity (2000)

8. Guilford Courthouse National Military Park 233 acre park A key battle site during the Revolutionary War Site of the battle between the British Redcoats and Continentals on March 15, 1781

9. Asheboro, NC One of the world’s largest and finest walk-through, natural habitat zoos More than 62,000 plants and nearly 1,100 animals 1,400 acres 700,000 visitors annually

10. Ancient Uwharrie mountain range One of the oldest in the eastern US 10,000 visitors weekly

11. Wet N’ Wild Emerald Pointe Water Park Greensboro, NC Largest water park in the Carolinas 34 rides and attractions

12. Airborne & Special Operations Museum Fayetteville, NC Provides history and education about the US Army airborne and special operations Established in 2000