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Attractions near Albemarle

The nearest draw to Albemarle: Bank of America Stadium, 38 mi away

Yearly visitors to North Carolina Zoo number about 700K. With nothing inside Albemarle, the list has 17 places within 40 miles. The mix takes in 9 museums, 2 stadiums & arenas and 2 theatres. Out of town, Carowinds is 46 mi away.

Attractions nearby
40
within 60 miles
The big one
46 mi
Carowinds
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Theme park · 46 mi west

Carowinds

Amusement park in North and South Carolina.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

How they lie

Out of town, most of the 17 are to the west.

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Orange: Albemarle. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

Place after place

Each of the 40 is within 60 miles.

North Carolina Zoo

Zoo & aquarium · 31 mi northeast · read 23K times a year on Wikipedia

World’s largest natural habitat zoo located in Asheboro, North Carolina, United States.

700K visitors a year
Towns near it → · Wikipedia

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Albemarle → · Albemarle’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Bank of America Stadium: HangingCurve, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Carowinds: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Norman: Prince Grobhelm, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium: BobHWS, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bojangles Coliseum: James Willamor, CC BY-SA 3.0 · North Carolina Zoo: Diane Villa, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Old Salem: David Bjorgen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Uwharrie National Forest: U.S. Forest Service, Public domain · Reynolda House Museum of American Art: Zsrarticle, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Morrow Mountain: Hathcock at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 · Billy Graham Library: Billy Hathorn, CC BY 3.0 · North Carolina Transportation Museum: Unknown, Public domain · Mint Museum: Bz3rk, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bechtler Museum of Modern Art: Bechtler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Guilford Courthouse National Military Park: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · Discovery Place: Ken Thomas, Public domain · Greensboro Science Center: EmCnNC, CC BY-SA 3.0 · International Civil Rights Center and Museum: Mx._Granger, CC0 · President James K. Polk Historic Site: JStephanMease, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Harvey B. Gantt Center: Mark Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Levine Museum of the New South: James Willamor, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Carolina Theatre of Greensboro: No machine-readable author provided. Csbrummitt~commonswiki assumed (based on co, Public domain · Andrew Jackson State Park: Chili555, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden: Robert Nunnally, CC BY 2.0 · Single Brothers' House: P. Hughes, CC BY 4.0 · Weatherspoon Art Museum: Ptncsu12, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Reynolda Gardens: P. Hughes, CC BY 4.0 · Richard Childress Racing Museum: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve: Wyatt Greene, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jesse Helms Center: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Col. Silas Alexander Sharpe House: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D., CC BY-SA 4.0 · Greensboro Historical Museum: Rhpotter, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Old Davidson County Courthouse: Dennis Brown (Dennis Brown), CC BY-SA 3.0

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