Carolina Corner, A Great Place to Live, Work & Play

Featuring the Northwestern North Carolina Counties: Alexander, Alleghany, Avery, Ashe, Caldwell, Iredell, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes and Yadkin.

Carolina Corner was developed to provide information about the beautiful mountains and foothills of North Carolina. As with any trip to a new place, an excellent place to start would be our site map section, where you will find a complete description of everything available on Carolina Corner.

If your vacation plans include a visit to western North Carolina, visit the various Chambers of Commerce listed to help in your plans.

If you're planning to go to the coast of North or South Carolina, don't make any plans until you've checked the conditions with the Carolina Corner.

In the winter, you'll find some of the best skiing in the southeast.

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Community Information: Oak Ridge

Community Information: Oak Ridge Oak Ridge, incorporated in 1998, has grown from an agricultural area to a bedroom community; it’s over 5,000 residents, many of whom live in developments on former family farms, primarily work in the nearby cities of Greensboro, High Point and Winston-Salem. Like other northwest-area towns. Oak Ridge is rich is history. It was aptly named for the stately...

Community Information: Stokesdale

Community Information: Stokesdale Stokesdale, the oldest of the northwest areas three towns was incorporated in 1989. The town initially developed around the railroad; although trains no longer pass through Stokesdale, the historic downtown area that faced the tracks is still lined with shops, restaurants and offices that comprise the commercial core. More recently, more modern commercial...

Community Information: Summerfield

Community Information: Summerfield Summerfield is the largest of the three northwest-area towns, both in terms of population and size. With more than 8,000 residents, the town spans an area of about 25 square miles. The town is rich in history and its founder, Charles Bruce, was a prominent local figure in the Revolutionary War. The likeness of James Gillies, a bugle boy said to have been...

Shopping in Winston-Salem

Shopping in Winston-Salem From the most intimate of boutiques to one of the largest malls in the Southeast, Winston-Salem shopping offers something for every taste and every reason. You can stroll the Downtown Arts District’s galleries and find an eclectic utopia of works by painters, sculptors, photographers, wood workers, jewelers, fiber artists, and more. Shop antiques, shoes,...

Golf in Winston-Salem

Golf in Winston-Salem Golfers delight in Winston-Salem's wide variety of fun. Courses set in this welcoming climate for year-round enjoyment. Fair yet challenging, a dozen different courses feature some of the most scenic rounds you'll ever play. The acclaimed designs are partly thanks to the area's natural beauty, and partly to some of the biggest names in the business: Arnold...

Theater in Winston-Salem

Theater in Winston-Salem Arts and Innovation come to life at venues throughout Winston-Salem. From the local productions to the college and university stages, there are plenty of standing ovations any time of year. Theater lovers can also time their Winston-Salem visits according to a number of unique events. During the world-renowned National Black Theatre Festival, held every...

Winston-Salem’s Personality: “Phil Hanes” - Elevated Generosity to an Art

Winston-Salem’s Personality: “Phil Hanes” - Elevated Generosity to an Art For more than 50 years, Hanes cultivated Winston-Salem’s downtown cultural renewal, helping it become the City of Arts & Innovation through tireless promotion, organization and investment. When he died on Jan. 16, 2011, Hanes was honored for not simply talking about dreams but living out his conviction that embracing the arts improves all of life....

Old Salem Museums & Gardens

Old Salem Museums & Gardens If it’s authenticity and living history you seek, look no further than Old Salem Museums & Gardens. Carefully preserved buildings and homes of this Moravian settlement engage visitors in the experience of daily life as it existed in 18th and 19th century North Carolina. Tools and trades of tinsmiths, cobblers, bakers and gunsmiths—as plied before the...

Arts in Winston-Salem

Arts in Winston-Salem Few cities hold the arts in as high regard as Winston-Salem. The area was founded upon a deep devotion to the arts, and as the city grew, so did the dedication of its citizens to fostering, advocating, protecting and nurturing the tradition. A true testimony to this dedication happened in 1949 when the Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County was...

Katharine Smith Reynolds

Katharine Smith Reynolds Katharine Smith Reynolds, born in Mt. Airy, N.C., in 1880, was a woman ahead of her time in nearly every way. She knew early the life she wanted, telling her college roommate: “When I marry, I shall go to Europe on my wedding trip and I shall bring home a wonderful work of art. And then I shall buy a great estate and I shall have a thousand cattle on a...

Attractions in Winston Salem

Attractions in Winston Salem Activities to delight every person and every whim await you in Winston-Salem, the City of Arts & Innovation. There are endless ways to enjoy the arts—performance and visual styles—and you can plan your visit to coincide with several fi lm, theater or wine festivals. You can step back in history, strolling historic towns, buildings and homes, then step...

A Brief History of Winston-Salem

A Brief History of Winston-Salem The first settlers in Forsyth County were the Moravians, a group from the Bohemia and Moravia regions of Czechoslovakia who separated them-selves from the Catholic Church in the 1400s. Persecution resulted in a move to Germany in the 1700s and they soon began settlements in North America, first in Savannah, Georgia, then to Pennsylvania, where they...

Center City Carriage Tours

Center City Carriage Tours Center City Carriage Tours One of the best ways to explore the city’s growing thoroughfares, the horse drawn Charlotte Center City Carriage Tours “clip-clop” through city streets including Fourth Ward, featuring striking Victorian homes and an impressive tree canopy. Contact: Center City Carriage Tours Charlotte, NC Phone: 704-301-5111 Web: http://www....

Forest Trails / Horse Trails in North Carolina

Forest Trails WHERE YOU CAN RIDE When you're mounted on a horse, the journey through a national forest can offer better views from the saddle, the ability to go longer distances, and varieties of motion-walk, trot, lope, or gallop. The national forests offer variety of riding experiences for all levels of riders. Look for trails signed with the horse-use symbol. If the...

Carolina Orthopedics & Sports Medicine

Carolina Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Their mission is to serve their patients with exceptional medical and therapeutic care. Visit with any of their physicians and staff and you will find that they are dedicated to providing the medical information you need in a caring environment that promotes healing. Carolina Orthopedics & Sports Medicine (COSM) was formed in September 2007 by the...