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Surry County

Horne Creek Farm

Horne Creek Farm in Pinnacle. Photograph from the North Carolina Office of Archives and History

Field trip opportunities

Horne Creek Farm (Pinnacle)
Through educational programs ranging from white oak basket making workshops to an annual corn shucking frolic, Horne Creek Living Historical Farm provides a unique opportunity to learn about our rural past. Find a listing of special events and more information about the facilities at this living history farm.
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail (Connellys Springs)
This historic trail follows the Revolutionary War route of Patriot militia men from Virginia, today's eastern Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia to the battle of Kings Mountain, South Carolina, site of the Kings Mountain National Military Park.
Pilot Mountain State Park (Pinnacle)
Pilot Mountain was dedicated as a National Natural Landmark in 1976 and is the centerpiece of Pilot Mountain State Park. Ranger lead programs which teach students about the geologic processes that created this quartzite monadnock.
The Mount Airy Museum of Regional History (Mount Airy)
This regional museum strives to collect, preserve, and interpret the natural, historic and artistic heritage of this "back country region at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains."
William Alfred Moore House (Mount Airy)
Built in 1860, the William Moore House is the oldest house in Mount Airy and is available to tour by appointment only.

Learn more about Surry County

Lonely mountains: The monadnocks of the inner Piedmont
This Carolina Environmental Diversity Explorations “virtual field trip” explores the geology of North Carolina's monadnocks, mountains that rise individually above the surrounding topogaphy.
By Dirk Frankenberg
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William Alfred Moore House
Built in 1860, the William Alfred Moore House is the earliest known structure remaining in the town of Mount Airy. The Moores were a well established family in the region even prior to the development...
Pilot Mountain State Park
A remnant of the ancient Sauratown Mountains, Pilot Mountain is a quartzite monadnock. To the native Saura Indians, the earliest known inhabitants of the region, Pilot Mountain was known as Jomeokee, the...
The Mount Airy Museum of Regional History
A visit to the Mount Airy Regional Museum of History will educate visitors about the area referred to as "The Hollows," a fitting name since the entire region rests in a saucer-like depression...
Horne Creek Farm
“At Horne Creek Living Historical Farm, a multi-year project is under way to reconstruct the physical environment and seasonal work cycle of a North Carolina family farm from a century ago. Through...
Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail
The Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail (OVNHT) commemorates the campaign leading to the battle of Kings Mountain by following the Revolutionary War route of Patriot militia men from Virginia,...
North Carolina County Collection
The North Carolina Counties Collection from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill “is a general image file arranged by county and comprises approximately 5,200 prints and photographs of...

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