Things to do & places to visit in Dobson, North Carolina, United States

Dobson city in North Carolina, United States. Timezone: America/New_York, current date and time: Saturday, May 04, 2024, 21:41.

Top things to do (6)

• Parks
• Speciality & Gift Shops
• Visitor Centers
• Points of Interest & Landmarks
• Kayaking & Canoeing
• Wineries & Vineyards

Top places to visit

1. 5.0 I-77 North NC Welcome Center (4 reviews)
   - Very Clean
   Saturday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent < 1 hour Visitor Centers • Points of Interest & Landmarks
   
   
   North Carolina's nine Welcome Centers promote thousands of tourism-related businesses — attractions, accommodations, events and more — to visitors already in the state actively seeking travel information. Located on Interstate highways just inside the state line, each Welcome Center has a statewide focus, with an emphasis on information for visitors traveling a particular interstate corridor. Our professional, nationally-certified travel counselors: >Distribute the state's Official North Carolina Travel Guide, the Department of Transportation's official state map, and other marketing publications exclusively about North Carolina. >Offer detailed travel information in clean, modern facilities. >Book room reservations at no charge for visitors staying overnight in North Carolina. The Welcome Centers are open from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. daily. The centers are closed on New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Free Wi-Fi Internet access is available. See more..
   
2. 5.0 Dobson Splash Pad (4 reviews)
   - Lots of fun!
   Spent 1-2 hours Parks
   The Town of Dobson added this popular splash pad a couple of years ago and it's great, free fun for the kids! See more..
   
3. 4.5 Shelton Vineyards (414 reviews)
   - Don’t miss Harvest Grill!!
   Saturday: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent 2-3 hours Wineries & Vineyards
   
   
   Founded in 1999 by Brothers Charlie and Ed Shelton, Shelton Vineyards was envisioned as a new agricultural resource for an area once dependent on tobacco farming. Located in the heart of North Carolina's Yadkin Valley, Shelton Vineyards is 180 degrees from any winery you will find on the West Coast. The distinctive characteristics of Shelton wine come from the unique soil and climate of the Yadkin Valley. This helps give Shelton wine an inimitable taste that holds its own against any wine from any area in the world. We invite you to visit us, try our wine and see if you agree that our wine is as unique as the area we are in. See more..
   
4. 4.5 Stony Knoll Vineyards (67 reviews)
   - Wonderful time!
   Saturday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Wineries & Vineyards
   
   
   Stony Knoll Vineyards is steeped in history, with roots running deep, much like the vines that now line our fields. This North Carolina Century Farm began back in 1896 when the ancestors of Kathy Coe bought a tract of land in Southern Surry County. The farm was a means of survival, in a time when nothing came easy. In the early 1940’s the vineyard area was cleared with hand tools and domesticated animals and put into cultivation. During this time, tobacco was the claimed cash crop. This caused an immense effort to care for the land and give back to it, much as it was giving to the family. Tobacco remained dominant until the early 1980’s. The farm remained in production, but switching from tobacco to cattle and hay. Then in the late 1990’s, Van Coe had a dream of putting the farm into a new cultivation, with the driving force being future preservation into a family vineyard & winery. In April of 2001, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc, Niagara, Syrah were born. See more..
   
5. 4.5 Herrera Vineyards (40 reviews)
   - Enjoyable Evening
   Saturday: 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Wineries & Vineyards
   
   
   We are a family owned vineyard and winery. We offer wine tastings during all hours of operation and also have a full service restaurant serving lunch Our bar includes wine and beer. We have indoor and outdoor dining including a beautifully landscaped exterior, fire pit and large patio area for relaxing and conversing. See more..
   
6. 4.5 Rockford General Store (31 reviews)
   - Great food and great atmosphere!
   Spent < 1 hour Speciality & Gift Shops
   
   
   Love this place!! Their cheeseburgers are to die for! The old fashioned atmosphere is awesome and the employees are all friendly! See more..
   
7. 4.5 Yadkin River Adventures (7 reviews)
   - Super day on the river
   Kayaking & Canoeing
   
   
   This was my second trip to kayak the Yadkin. I opted for the Mountain View trip- it's about 4 hours and come with a view of Pilot Mountain. Mostly had the river to myself except for the ducks, herons and a magnificent bald eagle. The weather was perfect See more..
   
8. 4.0 Hutton Vineyards and Winery (21 reviews)
   - Great wine tasting
   Wineries & Vineyards
   
   
   We visited the Hutton Vineyards the other day, on a trip through the Vadkin Valley Vineyards. I was expected it to be a very small tasting room, and it was. In the bottom of a converted garage. But we enjoyed it, especially after coming one of the large more well known vineyards in the area where the people doing the tasting seemed disinterested in their job and had simply memorized the wine label! In contrast, the person doing our tasting was Heidi Hutton herself and she was very welcoming and knowledgeable. I loved that is was a vertical wine tasting, tasting the 2005 - 2008 Cabernet Francs, as well as other wines. So much fun to really see the way a grape tastes as the vine matures. Finally a winery in the Vadkin not doing super sweet wines at jacked up prices! We ended up leaving with 5 bottles of wine, all fantastically priced at $10 - $12. See more..