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ou can experience life at your premium packages to camping options.
speed in Wilkes County. Listen to The Window World 450, scheduled
Y feel the calm of nature on a hike to a for Sunday, July 19, 2026, is your next
NASCAR drivers rev their engines,
opportunity to satisfy your need for
waterfall, cool in the water of Smoot speed right here in Wilkes County. Visit W. Kerr Scott Reservoir
Park’s new pool, or cheer on the collegiate northwilkesborospeedway.com or call
baseball team. Playtime your way, all day. (336) 844-4735 and start your engine!
sTAdiuM sporTs pArks & TrAils Follow the Yadkin River Greenway, a 10-
mile, mostly paved path stretching from W.
Craaaaack!! The sound of a wood bat on Hike and explore along 18+ miles of trails,
Kerr Scott Dam in Wilkesboro to Smoot Park
leather has returned to Wilkes County. The cast a line in 20+ miles of designated trout in North Wilkesboro. yadkinrivergreenway.com
local collegiate wood bat baseball team waters, or take on a 600-foot rock face Bring your binoculars, your birding
is named for an historic tradition in North (permit required) at Stone Mountain State apps, and your fellow bird-lovers to sight
Carolina, the Wilkes County Moonshiners. Park, which features a massive granite dome
native species and migratory birds along
Join the growing fan club to cheer on rising above a landscape built for adventure.
the North Carolina Birding Trail. The trail
college baseball players from across the Scenic highlights include Stone Mountain
includes E.B. Jeffress Park, Lewis Fork
country as well as Wilkes and surrounding Falls and the historic Hutchinson Homestead. Overlook, Mahogany Rock, Stone Mountain,
counties. Head Coach Drew Ward, his staff ncparks.gov/stone-mountain-state-park Thurmond Chatham, W. Kerr Scott Reservoir,
and team are dedicated to recreating baseball Smell art, feel signs, hear sculptures at Whippoorwill Academy, and the Yadkin River
centered on history, athletic excellence, and Eddy Merle Watson Garden of the Senses, Greenway. ncbirdingtrail.org
community fun! designed for all visitors, with fragrant and Grab your mountain bike, trailer your boat,
Competing in the Mountain Division of textured plantings, Braille markers, and throw in a tent, and head to W. Kerr Scott
the Old North State League, the Wilkes interactive musical and alphabet sculptures. Dam and Reservoir for boating, kayaking,
County Moonshiners have 24 home games wilkescc.edu/community fishing, and swimming, along with lakeside
through July 18, 2026, followed by the Walk beneath towering hardwood forests hiking trails, Bandits Roost Campground,
playoffs. For season tickets and more: at Rendezvous Mountain, where winding and 25 miles of mountain biking trails. The
wilkescountymoonshiners.com trails include a 4-mile loop that leads to a Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail, a
Race to experience another Southern picturesque cascading waterfall. ncparks.gov/ popular short trail, begins at the campground.
tradition at the historic North Wilkesboro rendezvous-mountain Challenge your friends to a round at the 18-
Speedway NASCAR short track. Our iconic Hike to Carter Falls via a short half-mile hole Fort Hamby Nature Trail Disc Golf Course
five-eighths-mile oval brought the NASCAR trail through old-growth forest, where water at the W. Kerr Scott Dam and Reservoir,
All-Star Race back to North Carolina in 2023 threads through rock crevices for nearly 100 featuring dual tee pads, wooded fairways,
after multi-million dollar renovations. This feet before dropping into a quiet pool below. water hazards, and notable elevation changes.
fast-paced fan encounter includes everything Intersection of Pleasant Ridge Road & Martin www.saw.usace.army.mil/locations/district-lakes-
from single-day and weekend tickets, Byrd Road, Elkin, NC. and-dams/w-kerr-scott
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