My Quick Trips

Featuring: Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society - Christmas House tours
State: North Carolina
Town: Mt Pleasant and Gold Hill
County: Mt Pleasant county is Cabarrus and Gold Hill county is Rowan
Fun Fact: This Christmas House tour consisted of 10 houses.
Link: this was sponsored by https://www.echsmuseum.org/

Featuring: North Carolina Zoo
State: North Carolina
Town: Ashboro
County: 18.97 sq mi (49.13 km2)
Date visited: 8/28/2022
Temperature: I need to remember this when I visit but it was hot and sunny!
Size: 18.97 sq mi (49.13 km2)
Elevation: 837 feet / 255 meters
Fun Fact: The North Carolina Zoo is home to 1,800 animals!
Location visited: North Carolina Zoo
Link to North Carolina Zoo: https://www.nczoo.org/
Wikipedia to Ashboro NC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheboro,_North_Carolina
Coming up next: USA---NC---Kernersville-2022-12

Featuring: Fort Mills History Museum
State: South Carolina
Town: Fort Mills
County: York
Date visited: 08/27/2022
Temperature: didn't pay attention but I know it was sunny!
Population: See picture: I will be bringing in more population stats from Wikipedia. This gives you an idea how fast some of these towns grow!
Size: 19.90 sq mi (51.55 km2)
Elevation: 623
Fun Fact: A portion of Cedar Fair's Carowinds amusement park is located in Fort Mill.
Location visited: Fort Mills History Museum (FMHM)
Link to Fort Mills History Museum: https://fmhm.org/
Wikipedia to Fort Mill SC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Mill,_South_Carolina
Coming up next: USA---NC---Ashboro NC Zoo-2022-08

Featuring: Various areas in Gold Hill
State: North Carolina
Town: Gold Hill
County: Rowan
Date visited: 8/19/2022
Temperature: it was beautiful day
Population in 2020: 372
Size: not found
Elevation: not found
Fun Fact: Gold Hill is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)
Location visited: several
Link to Gold Hill, NC: https://historicgoldhill.org/
Wikipedia to Gold Hill, NC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Hill,_North_Carolina
Coming up next: USA---SC---Fort Mills-2022-08