The Morrow Mountain State park is located near Albemarle NC. Here you can hike or go horseback riding. There are miles of mountain trails. There is also historic buildings that include the house, greenhouse and hospital of a doctor who lived in the early 19th century. See North Carolina State Parks for other good family spots to visit in the state.

If you like the great outdoors NC is the state you want to visit. There are lots of campgrounds in the North Carolina state parks. There are plenty of beach campgrounds too. There are many lakes where you can go camping too. We use to take the kids to Fontana lake near Robinsville NC many years ago. We camped by the lake with a tent. We took provisions cause we didn’t know if we could catch fish for our meals. We’d swim most of the day. Build a fire to cook our meals. It was primitive camping. I’d rather camp somewhere where there’s showers and a bathroom.

I visited the Asheboro NC Zoo about 3 years ago in 2004. At that time, the zoo had the Australian exhibit. After talking to a person from Ashboro, I found out that the Australian exhibit was just a loaner and is no longer there. So, it only has animals from the North American continent and Africa. It still has the exotic bird exhibit which you can spend an entire day if you choose. One of the polar bears died and the zoo is looking into breeding its elephants.

Rocky Mount NC is located along I-95 in the Piedmont of North Carolina. It is in Nash County. There’s lots of things to see and do here. Check out the unique digital planetarium at the Children’s Museum and Science Center at Imperial Centre. At the Centre are exotic live animals, exhibits and displays to see. Rocky Mount has a theater and an art galleries. There’s also a Rocky Mount Sport Complex. You can take a scenic tour in Battle Park to see historic sites. Take your lunch for a picnic here and enjoy the outdoors. There are lots of restaurants and hotels in the area.

Carthage is in the Piedmont near Pinehurst, Southern Pines and Aberdeen NC. There is the Bryant house and Mclendon Cabin located at 3361 Mt. Caramel Rd. The Mclendon Cabin was built around 1760. The Bryant house was built around 1820. Check out the historical museum located at Rockingham and Saunders Street. Here you will find artifacts and exihibits that cover 200 years. Some of the exhibits are about the Tyson and Jones buggy Company.