Mountains home to Great Smoky Mountain National Park, the Blue Ridge Mountains, and the mountain towns of Asheville and Boone. |
Piedmont from fast-growing and diverse cities to rolling farmland, this region includes Charlotte, the largest metro area in the state, the Research Triangle of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, a hub of high-tech research and both quaint (and not-so-quaint) college towns, and the Piedmont Triad of Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point. |
Coastal Plain endless stretches of secluded beaches await visitors to the Outer Banks and the Crystal Coast, aviation history and the birthplace of flight in Kitty Hawk, the vibrant coastal city of Wilmington, the beautiful and historical New Bern as well as the military bases of the interior coast, including Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville. |