Summer is Here!
SELECTED CHARLOTTE & METROLINA SITES
The President James K. Polk Historic Site, Pineville, NC - https://www.jameskpolk.net/
The Reed Gold Mine (first documented gold find in U.S.), Midland (Cabarrus County) - https://historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/reed-gold-mine
Historic Rosedale Plantation, Charlotte - https://historicrosedale.org/
Historic Latta Plantation, Huntersville - ttps://www.huntersville.org/224/Historic-Latta-Plantation
The 1774 Alexander Rock House in Charlotte, North Carolina is the oldest house in Mecklenburg County (Charlotte Museum of History) - https://charlottemuseum.org/about/1774-alexander-homesite/
North Carolina Transportation Museum, Spencer, NC - https://www.nctransportationmuseum.org/
Historic Brattonsville, McConnells, SC (west of Rock Hill) has 30 historic structures dating from 1760, including slave cabins (much of the movie, The Patriot, was filmed there and surrounding areas) - ttps://chmuseums.org/brattonsville/
Catawba Cultural Center and Reservation, Rock Hill, SC (The center is temporarily closed.)
Landsford Canal State Park, Catawba, SC (has the world’s largest population of Rocky Shoals Spider Lilies) - https://southcarolinaparks.com/landsford-canal
Andrew Jackson State Park – on Highway 521, nine miles north of Lancaster, SC https://southcarolinaparks.com/andrew-jackson
SELECTED NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL PARK SERVICE SITES
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail, VA, TN, NC & SC - https://www.nps.gov/ovvi/index.htm
Trail of Tears National Historic Trail- https://www.nps.gov/trte/index.htm
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, Flat Rock (near Hendersonville) -https://www.nps.gov/carl/index.htm
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, Greensboro, NC - https://www.nps.gov/guco/index.htm
Great Smoky Mountain National Park, western NC and eastern TN - https://www.nps.gov/grsm/index.htm
COASTAL NORTH CAROLINA SITES
Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Manteo - https://www.nps.gov/caha/index.htm
Cape Lookout National Seashore, Southern Outer Banks in Carteret County - https://www.nps.gov/calo/index.htm
Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kill Devil Hills - https://www.nps.gov/wrbr/index.htm
Moore’s Creek National Battlefield, Currie, NC (near Wilmington) - https://www.nps.gov/mocr/index.htm
SELECTED SOUTH CAROLINA NATIONAL PARK SERVICE SITES
Cowpens National Battlefield , Chesnee - https://www.nps.gov/cowp/index.htm
Kings Mountain National Park, Blacksburg - https://www.nps.gov/kimo/index.htm
Ninety Six National Historic Site, Ninety Six - https://www.nps.gov/nisi/index.htm
Congaree National Park, Hopkins (near Columbia) - https://www.nps.gov/cong/index.htm
COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA SITES
Charles Pickney National Historic Site (principal writer and signer of US Constitution), Mount Pleasant (near Charleston) - https://www.nps.gov/chpi/index.htm
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Monuments, Charleston Harbor - https://www.nps.gov/fosu/index.htm
Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor is a federal National Heritage Area established by Congress (FL, GA, NC, SC) - https://gullahgeecheecorridor.org/
Reconstruction Era National Historic Park, Beaufort, https://www.nps.gov/reer/index.htm
Hobaw Barony is a 16,000 acres tract on a peninsula called Waccamaw Neck between the Winyah Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, South of Myrtle Beach in Georgetown County - https://hobcawbarony.org/
Huntington Beach and State Park, Myrtle Beach - https://southcarolinaparks.com/huntington-beach