Best Festival [1]: The dog/owner look-a-like contest at Bark in the Park [1] is just one of the reasons to head to this festival, where four-legged participants are the ones to watch.
Best Wide-Open Space [2]: The 98-acre Freedom Park [2] is the most picturesque park in Charlotte and has enough open spaces for lounging in the sun, tossing around a Frisbee, inline skating, or having a picnic lunch.
Best Place to Strike Out [3]: StrikeCity [3] was designed to make bowling hip again.
Best Community Theater [4]: The Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte [4] specializes in staging performances for mature audiences. The dramas are good, but it’s the comedies that are standouts.
Best Place to Get Lost [5]: Follow the trails through Reedy Creek Park and Nature Preserve [5] to the ruins of a stone house that dates back to 1790.
Best Garden [6]: Dating back to 1927, Wing Haven Garden and Bird Sanctuary [6], a former private garden, is now an urban oasis in one of the finest neighborhoods in Charlotte.
Best Place to Get Wet [7]: Ride the rapids at U.S. National Whitewater Center [7], the official Olympic training facility. Or, grab a seat on the sidelines and watch the wipeouts.
Links:
[1] http://www.moon.com/destinations/charlotte/arts-and-leisure/festivals-and-events/spring/bark-the-park
[2] http://www.moon.com/destinations/charlotte/arts-and-leisure/sports-and-recreation/freedom-park
[3] http://www.moon.com/destinations/charlotte/arts-and-leisure/sports-and-recreation/strikecity
[4] http://www.moon.com/destinations/charlotte/arts-and-leisure/the-arts/actor-s-theatre-charlotte
[5] http://www.moon.com/destinations/charlotte/arts-and-leisure/sports-and-recreation/reedy-creek-park-and-nature-preserve
[6] http://www.moon.com/destinations/charlotte/arts-and-leisure/sports-and-recreation/wing-haven-garden
[7] http://www.moon.com/destinations/charlotte/arts-and-leisure/sports-and-recreation/us-national-whitewater-center