The owners can direct you to great antique stores, quaint towns and good restaurants they have discovered in their travels around North Carolina.
• The Great Outdoors - Pee Dee River, Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge, Uwharrie National Forest, Badin Lake, Morrow Mountain State Park, Lake Tillery, Cheraw State Recreation Area, Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge. Hunting, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, horseback riding, golf, hiking, bird watching.
• History – Historic towns, antique stores, museums, tours, Town Creek Indian Mound.
• Shopping – Antique stores, estate auctions, Uptown Wadesboro, gift shops, wineries, North Carolina pottery.
• Agritourism - Experience rural and farm businesses firsthand - produce stands with farm fresh produce, wineries, U-pick farms, corn mazes and more. For information and links to agritourism businesses, please check the NC Dept. of Agriculture link at www.ncagr.com/agritourism or the Sandhills area site at www.sandhillsagriculture.com.
• Music / Theatre - Bluegrass music at Oakboro Music Hall (check www.oakboromusichall.com for schedule of events). Theatre, orchestra and ensemble groups at Wingate University (check www.wingate.edu/Culture/default.asp for more information). Murder mysteries at Dennis Vineyards near Albemarle (see www.dennisvineyards.com).
Other Websites to Check
Other websites to visit for information and details about Wadesboro or Anson County, the heartland of North Carolina or the state of North Carolina:
• Anson County and Wadesboro: www.discoveranson.com and www.uptownwadesboro.com
• Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge: http://peedee.fws.gov/
• Scenic Byways of North Carolina: http://www.byways.org/browse/states/NC/
• Travel throughout the state of North Carolina as well as Anson County and Wadesboro: www.visitnc.com
• Outdoor activities (horseback riding, canoeing, etc.): Check www.godscountryoutfitters.org for canoeing, kayaking, paintball, horseback riding, rappelling in the Uwharrie / Albemarle area. Also check www.uwharrietours.com for canoeing, kayaking, horseback riding, ATVing and winery tours. For a directory of other information on outdoor activities check www.ncguide.com/outdoors.
• Scenic trips and trails throughout central North Carolina including Anson County and the surrounding counties (Wadesboro is under "Scenes from the Sandhills" in the Piedmont region): www.homegrownhandmade.com.
• Pottery classes in Wadesboro: Classes are held across the street in the pottery studio at Granny Hollow Pottery. Contact Danny or Denise Beachum at Fancy Crafts & Granny Hollow Pottery at 704-694-2625. Check their website at www.grannyhollowpottery.net or www.fancycrafts.net.
• Hunting in Anson County, check out www.buchananshoals.com, a private hunting reserve near the Pee Dee River in Anson County. At certain times, hunting (quail, pheasant and chucker) is open to the public. Check their website for further details or call 704-694-6436. (Check with the Anson County Chamber at 704-694-4181 for info about their Annual Big Game Tournament each year in November).
• Birdwatching - Check out www.NCbirdingtrail.org for information on birding trails in our area of central NC or the Piedmont of North Carolina. Visit The Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge, about 10 mins. north of Uptown Wadesboro (www.peedee.fws.gov).
• Wineries - These three wineries are in the Albemarle area of central NC - Uwharrie Vineyards, Stony Mountain Vineyards and Dennis Vineyards. Check our More Day Trips page for more details on these wineries.
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