Discovery Place
301 North Tryon Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
704-372-6261

For kids and kids at heart, the Discovery Place is great educational fun. This hands-on science and technology center features more than 300 exhibits, a live rain forest and an OMNIMAX Theatre.

Carowinds
14523 Carowinds Boulevard
Charlotte, NC 28273
800-888-4386

For theme park excitement, visit Carowinds. The amusement park side features more than 60 rides and movie themed attractions, as well as Nickelodeon characters. Boomerang Bay is the adjacent 13-acre water park playground. Kids and adults of all ages enjoy both parks.

Victory Lane Indoor Karting Center
2330 Tipton Drive Suite 100
Charlotte, NC 28206
704-373-FAST

Got the racing bug? Visit the Victory Lane Indoor Karting Center and experience the thrill of kart racing. Drivers 16 years of age and older are provided with helmets and driving suits. The center features digital timing, competition karts, two different tracks, weekly races and more.

Grandfather Mountain
US 221 & Blueridge Parkway
Linville, NC 28646
828-733-2013

Grandfather Mountain is the highest peak in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The area serves as a family-oriented tourist attraction and nature preserve. Attractions include a nature museum; hiking trails; environmental habitats for bears, otters, cougars, deer and eagles; a mile-high swinging bridge, picnic facilities and more.

Historic Latta Plantation
5225 Sample Road
Huntersville, NC 28078
704-875-2312

Historic Latta Plantation is located 12 miles northwest of Charlotte. Once a successful cotton plantation, it is now a living history farm. Visitors learn how planters, yeoman farmers and slaves of the North Carolina backcountry lived and worked in the early 19th century.

Schiele Museum of Natural History
1500 East Garrison Boulevard
Gastonia, NC 28054
704-866-6923

Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium is located 10 minutes from Charlotte. The museum features a number of exhibits and galleries focusing on North American habitats and wildlife. Other onsite attractions include the state-of-the-art planetarium, a nature trail, a Native American village, an 18th century backcountry farm and more.

Charlotte Nature Museum
1658 Sterling Road
Charlotte, NC 28209
704-372-6261

The Charlotte Nature Museum features a butterfly pavilion, live animals, nature trails, Indian artifacts, hands-on exhibits for kids and more.

Ray’s Splash Planet
215 North Sycamore Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
704-432-4729

Indoor water park and recreation facility. They have a lazy river, winding pool, lap pool, giant slide, and more.