Hillsborough, NC

Tourism Offerings as of 2008

• Over 10,000 annual visitors to Visitors’ Center

• Known as a nationally recognized center for heritage tourism: Dozen Distinctive Destination for 2007

Variety of Lodging Options• Microtel, Holiday Inn Express• Inn at Teardrops• The Webb House Inn

Diverse dining options•Breakfast lunch and dinner available 7 days a week.•Many different price points

Historic Sites• Orange County Historical Museum• Burwell School Historic Site• Ayr Mount• Historic Occoneechee Speedway Trail• Alexander Dickson House

Orange County Historical Museum

• Educational Programs• Ongoing new exhibits• Open during Last Fridays• Hours: March-December:

11 a.m. - 4 p.m. – Tues. – Sat.1 p.m. - 4 p.m. – Sun.

• January - February: 1 p.m. -4 p.m. Tues. – Sun.

Burwell School Historic Site• Educational Programs• Tours• Home to Elizabeth Hobbes

Keckly and the Burwell Family

• Living History Day• Available for rentals• Open during Last Fridays• Hours: Wednesday

through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Sunday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Ayr Mount• Open for

Tours• Poet’s

Walk open free of charge during daylight hours

Historic Occoneechee Speedway Trail

Alexander Dickson House• Visitors’

Center• Open 7 days

a week• Educational

programs• Guided Tours• Public

restrooms

Natural Sites & Recreational Offerings

• Poet’s Walk• H.O.S.T• Triangle Sportsplex• Hillsborough City Parks• Occoneechee Mountain• Eno River• West Point on the Eno

Poet’s Walk

Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area

Eno River

Triangle Sportsplex

Regional Connections

Visitor Services• Guided walking tour• Guided Bus Tour• Self-guided walking and bike tours• 24-7 restroom facilities• Welcome to Hillsborough DVD• Information center open 7 days a

week

Annual events• Hog Day• Revolutionary War reenactment• Candlelight Tour• Christmas Parade• Celebration of the Automobile• Garden Tour (every other year)• Walkable Hillsborough Day• Artists’ Open Studio Tour• Cool Jazz Festival• Rural Heritage Bike Fest

Revolutionary War Living History Day

Candlelight Tour

Rural Heritage Bike Fest

Spring Garden Tour

Cool Jazz Festival

Regular cultural offerings• Parlor Concerts• Last Fridays• Hillsborough Literary Association Meetings• Regulators Traditional Music Series• Filmmakers Film Series• History lecture series• Music at the Blue Bayou• Performances by the Orange County Players• Second Saturday Guided Walking Tours

Day Trips• Ideal for visitors from Triangle and

Triad. I-40 & I-85 advantage• Overnight visitors from Chapel Hill

can spend an extra day to get that “small town experience.”

Sunday Offerings• Alexander Dickson House• Burwell School Historic Site• Orange County Historical

Museum• Historic Occoneechee Speedway

Trail• Vietri Outlet• Triangle Sportsplex• Occoneechee Mt. State Natural

Area• Cup a Joe• Bandido’s Mexican Café

• Gulf Rim Restaurant• Hillsborough Yarn Shop• Maple View Farm & Dairy• Anna Maria’s Pizzeria• Casa Ibarra• Mayflowers Seafood• Occoneechee Steakhouse• Cedar Grove Golf Course• Occoneechee Golf Club• Eno River State Park• Triangle Sportsplex