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Area Attractions
The Lake Norman area offers many historic, cultural, recreational and entertainment venues including:
- Lazy 5 Ranch offers more than 400 animals from six continents in a natural habitat you can tour from your car or on a hayride.
- For more than 20 years, Carrigan Farms has been known for pick-your-own fruits and vegetables and for its famous hayrides.
- Queens Landing offers everything from miniature golf and bumper boats to sightseeing cruises on the Catawba Queen and Catawba Belle.
- Jetton Park, a 106-acre lakefront park, features hiking trails, bicycles for rent, tennis courts, a sunning beach and a large playground.
- The Terrell Country Store, built in 1891, was the focal point for trade and commerce in Terrell, N.C. The store housed the area post office from 1893 to 1997.
- The North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame, in Mooresville, N.C., provides race fans with a free race shop guide and map. The museum features more than 35 racecars on display and is dedicated to all types of auto racing.
- In nearby Charlotte, N.C., the North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, the Tryon Center for Visual Art, and the Mint Museum of Art and Mint Museum of Craft + Design offer residents opportunities to experience the arts.
- Families can explore science at Discovery Place and the OMINIMAX Theatre in uptown Charlotte and Duke Energy ’s Energy Explorium in Cornelius, N.C.
- Lake Norman residents can root for the NFL Carolina Panthers; NBA Charlotte Bobcats and WNBA Charlotte Sting; AAA Baseball’s Charlotte Knights, the affiliate minor league team for the Chicago White Sox; and the East Coast Hockey League's Charlotte Checkers.
Lake Norman, the largest man-made lake in North Carolina, is located in the western part of Iredell County, just 18 miles northwest of Charlotte. It is sometimes called an "Inland Sea," with over 532 miles of beautiful shoreline. The Lake Norman area actually consists of several small towns and communities surrounding the lake and Lake Norman State Park. It is now one of the most rapidly growing and popular places to live for the area amenities and residential opportunities. Noteworthy: Queens Landing, Lake Norman State Park
Mooresville, located 30 miles north of Charlotte, is known as "Race City USA" as this former mill town now is home to the most race car teams in the country. Each year thousands of people flock to Mooresville to catch a glimpse of their favorite driver, enjoy a museum tour and pick up a souvenir at one of the numerous shops with a racing theme. Mooresville is also home to one of the area's largest employers, the home improvement chain, Lowe's Company, Inc. Noteworthy: Lazy 5 Ranch, NC Auto Racing Hall of Fame & Visitor Center, NC Transportation Museum
Statesville, approximately 45 miles north of Charlotte, was founded in January 1789 and is located at the intersection of Interstate I-77 and I-40. The site picked for Statesville was in the midst of a settlement of Scotch Irish Presbyterians who had moved to the area, originally part of Rowan County. Two miles north of Statesville was Fort Dobbs which was built to defend the forefront of civilization from 1756 to about 1764 and was considered to be the center of the district of the Revolutionary War. Area growth has also made its way to Statesville, which now boasts many new developments.
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