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Popular North Carolina Travel Destinations

North Carolina is a premier vacation destination for domestic and international travelers alike. From east to west, North Carolina is 560 miles long, making it the longest state east of the Mississippi. Bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Tennessee on the west, Virginia to the north, and South Carolina and Georgia to the south, North Carolina is divided into three distinct geographic areas: the Mountains in the west; Piedmont, often called the Piedmont, in the center; and the Coast in the east. Each has its own distinct features. The Appalachian mountain chain runs through the western part of the state. The highest peak, Mount Mitchell, in Yancey County, is 6,684 feet high, making it the tallest along the eastern coast of the United States. The Great Smoky Mountains make this area one of the country’s top scenic attractions. Visitors can enjoy grand vistas of magnificent beauty driving through the mountain ranges on the world-famous, 250-mile Blue Ridge Parkway. Visit the North Carolina tourism site for more information.

Miles of sandy beaches, acres of forests, marshes and wetlands, mountains and rolling hills unfold beneath Carolina blue skies from east to west. In addition to the exquisite natural beauty that abounds in this southern paradise, you can see some manmade wonders in the Carolinas as well.

THE BILTMORE HOUSE is the largest privately owned house in the United States. The amazing architecture and scenery will astound you.

>> Visit the Web site for more information at www.biltmore.com.
KITTY HAWK, NORTH CAROLINA is the place where Wilbur and Orville Wright achieved the first successful airplane flights in 1903. The Wright Brothers National Memorial offers a wealth of information and activities.

>> Visit the Web site for more information at www.nps.gov/wrbr.

THE DURHAM BULLS baseball team is probably the best known minor league baseball team thanks to the 1988 movie Bull Durham. The Durham Bulls Athletic Park stadium seats nearly 10,000. The ball park has an historic look but with the latest conveniences including skyboxes and picnic areas.

>> For ticket information and to see the schedule, visit www.durhambulls.com.
North Carolina is a home for American golfing with SOUTHERN PINES and PINEHURST as two of the region’s premier resorts. Exotic spas, horseback riding, elegant dining, and fabulous shopping await you.

>> For more information visit the Web site at www.homeofgolf.com.

Popular East Coast United States Travel Destinations

Raleigh-Durham International Airport offers access to many vacation destinations in the United States.

BOSTON - You will find over 1000 points of interest, event listings and descriptions, family friendly things to do, and information you need to plan and book your trip to Boston and the Greater Boston area at www.bostonusa.com.
NEW YORK CITY - Planning a trip to New York City? It is a city that defies definition. Dubbed “The City That Never Sleeps,” New York can be your everything.

>> For more information and to plan your trip, visit www.nycvisit.com.

WASHINGTON D.C. is a crossroads of international culture featuring interesting and historical sites, food, theater, and events. You can visit embassies, take walking and biking trips, see the Library of Congress, the National Mall, and memorial parks.

>> For more information, visit www.washington.org.
The COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG Foundation operates the world’s largest living history museum in Williamsburg, Virginia—the restored 18th-century capital of Britain’s largest, wealthiest, and most populous outpost in the New World. Here the origins of the idea of America, conceived decades before the American Revolution, are interpreted. In Colonial Williamsburg’s 301-acre historic area stand hundreds of restored, reconstructed, and historically furnished buildings. Costumed interpreters tell the stories of the men and women of the 18th-century city—black, white, and native American, slave, indentured, and free—and the challenges they faced.

>> For more information, please visit www.colonialwilliamsburg.com.
MIAMI BEACH and ORLANDO, FLORIDA are two of the most popular travel destinations in the southeastern United States. Miami Beach is one of the most elite travel destinations in the southeastern United States. The city offers spectacular beaches, world class shopping, outstanding architecture and an exciting night life.

>> For more information on planning your visit to Florida, visit www.visitflorida.com.
The KENNEDY SPACE CENTER has hosted millions of guests from around the world for more than 30 years—telling the story of how the United States built a space program that launched men to the moon, orbited satellites that have improved our lives, and sent probes into distant space to solve the mysteries of the cosmos.Where else in the world do history and the future, nature and technology, young and old meet for an unforgettable and inspirational journey through space and time?

>> For more information, plesae visit their Web site at www.kennedyspacecenter.com.
WALT DISNEY WORLD in Orlando, Florida is a fantasy land for the young and the young at heart. Water parks, theme parks, Epcot Center, and Universal Studios offer a variety of experiences that are sure to keep everyone busy.

>> For more information and to plan your trip, visit www.disneyworld.com.