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6. Asheville, North Carolina A closer-to-home summer vacation for extended families. Asheville is another summer getaway spot with broad multigenerational appeal, says FamilyVacationist’s Editor ...
25 Fun Summer Activities to Try with Your Kids Uwe Krejci Summer is right around the corner and with it comes warm sunshine, longer days, and endless opportunities for adventure.
Cape Lookout Lighthouse. / 34.60528°N 76.53611°W / 34.60528; -76.53611. The Cape Lookout Lighthouse is a 163-foot-high lighthouse located on the southern Outer Banks of North Carolina. It flashes every 15 seconds and is visible at least 12 miles out to sea and up to 19 miles. It is one of the very few lighthouses that operate during ...
Marbles Kids Museum. Marbles Kids Museum is a nonprofit children's museum located in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina in the Moore Square Historic District.. Marbles was founded in 2007 as a result of the merger between Exploris, an interactive global learning center, and Playspace, a children's museum aimed at preschool through early elementary age children.
Cape Hatteras / ˈhætərəs / is a cape located at a pronounced bend in Hatteras Island, one of the barrier islands of North Carolina . As a temperate barrier island, the landscape has been shaped by wind, waves, and storms. There are long stretches of beach, sand dunes, marshes, and maritime forests in the area. A large area of the Outer ...
Play balloon tennis. You probably already have all of the makings for this game: paper plates, paint sticks, and a balloon. It's a fun distraction (indoor or outdoors) for younger kids. And the ...
Tweetsie Railroad. / 36.170930; -81.649029. Tweetsie Railroad is a family-oriented Wild West theme park located between Boone and Blowing Rock, North Carolina, United States. The centerpiece of the park is a 3-mile (4.8 km) ride on a train pulled by one of Tweetsie Railroad's two historic narrow-gauge steam locomotives.
Western North Carolina has made appearances on summer-related USA TODAY 10Best reader polls once again, earning spots on three different lists for outdoor fun.