Carowinds is just 13 miles outside of Charlotte. It is the largest metropolitan city in North Carolina and home to Charlotte Hornets (NBA), NASCAR Hall of Fame and Bank of America. In this culturally rich city there is something for everyone. Spend your days off visiting a museum of the Levine Center for the Arts, going shopping at the 7th Street Public Market, and listening to live music at the Fillmore. Learn about the history of North Carolina and its part in the American Revolutionary War and WWI at The Charlotte Museum of History and find out why we are nicknamed the “Queen City” and “The Hornet’s Nest”.