Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden provides visitors with an inspiring, unforgettable garden experience that instills a love of nature and its beauty. Located within 30 minutes of uptown Charlotte, the Garden offers an oasis with gardens, fountains and more.

The New River is an 80-kilometer (50-mile) long river in southeastern North Carolina. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean. The river is formed from the confluence of two smaller rivers, the North Fork New River (43 miles long) and the South Fork New River (72 miles long), which flow out of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Watauga and Ashe counties.

Albemarle Bay is a major estuary on the North Carolina coast, situated at the confluence of a group of rivers, including the Chowan and Roanoke rivers. It is separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Currituck Banks, a breakwater peninsula where the town of Kitty Hawk is located, on the eastern edge of the bay, and is part of the larger Outer Banks region.

Pamlico Bay is a large estuarine lagoon in North Carolina. As the largest lagoon along the northeastern coast of North America, it stretches 80 miles (130 km) long and is 15 to 20 miles (24 to 32 km) wide. Pamlico Bay is home to a diverse range of fish species, including snapper, spotted trout, halibut, striped bass, barramundi, spotted mackerel, tuna, king mackerel, and blue mackerel.

The Neuse River originates in the Piedmont region of North Carolina and flows into Pamlico Bay below New Bern. Its total length is approximately 275 miles (443 km), making it the longest river located entirely within North Carolina territory.

Mount Mitchell, at 6,684 feet above sea level, is the highest point in the eastern United States. Located near Burnsville in Yancey County, North Carolina in the Black Mountain range of the Southern Appalachians, it is part of an intricate mountain system featuring some of the oldest and most complex geological formations on earth.

The red-brick lighthouse tower above the northern Outer Banks landscape in the historic Corolla Village is a 220 step lighthouse located on the Outer Banks in Corolla, North Carolina.

The Pisgah National Forest is a land of mile-high peaks, cascading waterfalls, and heavily forested slopes.

The current Bodie Island Lighthouse is the third lighthouse built in the Bodie Island area of ​​the Outer Banks, North Carolina, in 1872. It stands 156 feet (48 m) tall and is located on the Roanoke Bay side of a peninsula that is part of the first section of the Cape Hatteras National Preserve.

Chimney Rock Park is a 1000-acre scenic attraction with spectacular North Carolina hiking trails.