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Attractions near Spencer

In Spencer, North Carolina Transportation Museum is the place to visit

Some 700K visitors a year come to North Carolina Zoo. We list one place to visit inside Spencer and 17 within 40 miles. They include 10 museums, 2 gardens and a lake. Day-trippers head 41 mi out to Bank of America Stadium.

Attractions nearby
43
within 60 miles
The big one
51 mi
Carowinds
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Theme park · 51 mi southwest

Carowinds

Amusement park in North and South Carolina.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

What’s around Spencer

The outermost point is North Carolina Zoo, at 37 mi.

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

Everything nearby

The list in full

In town there is one, and the list adds 42 more within 60 miles.

North Carolina Zoo

Zoo & aquarium · 37 mi east · 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

The places inside Spencer lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.

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

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

North Carolina Transportation Museum: Unknown, Public domain · 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 · Pilot Mountain: Berean Hunter, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Old Salem: David Bjorgen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hanging Rock State Park: Jacalyn Engler from Greensboro, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · 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 · 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 · 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 · 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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