The Visitor & Information Center welcomes visitors to the area and showcases local history. With extensive displays of historic artifacts and a short movie about the area and our Civil War heritage, the Visitor & Information Center should be the first stop for anyone visiting the area. It also offers much for those who have lived in Kinston and Lenoir County for years.
Open Monday - Friday 9-5, Saturday 10-5, Sunday 1-5.
Kinston-Lenoir County Neuse River Fall Float annual event is a
four-hour, 11 mile canoe and kayak trip showcaseing the beauty of the Neuse River in Lenoir County.
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EVENTS
| MAJOR FESTIVALS &
PARADES HELD EACH YEAR |
| April |
Shad Festival -Grifton |
| May |
Festival on the Neuse in downtown Kinston Sponsored by the Kinston-Lenoir
County COC |
| July |
Liberty Festival-Pink Hill |
| September |
Garden Spot Festival -LaGrange |
| November |
SALUTE: A Veterans Celebration (3-day event) |
| December |
Christmas Parades-Kinston, LaGrange, Pink Hill and Grifton |
| February |
Kinston Winter Bluegrass Festival at Lenoir Community College |
From professional baseball to tiny tots’ T-ball to Senior Citizens dances Kinston-Lenoir County offers just about any recreation activity to fill your leisure time.
For family oriniated seasonal commuinity activities click on Neuse Regional Library and Kinston / Lenoir Parks and Recreation .
Kinston/Lenoir Parks and Recreation
405 N. McLewean Street, Kinston, NC 28501
(252) 939-3332
Kinston/Lenoir Parks and Recreation operates 11 parks providing organized
programs for children, such as: arts and crafts, drama, golf and tennis classes,
summer day camp programs, baseball, basketball, football soccer, swimming.
Adult activities are scheduled though out the year including golf, tennis,
basketball, softball, bridge, aerobics, line dancing and crafts. An active Senior
Olympics program is also available.
The North Carolina Symphony is a yearly favorite and the monthly Eastern North
Carolina Bluegrass Association show offers the best bluegrass bands around.
Lenoir County has two private, one public, and one disc golf courses for the
golf enthusiasts:
• Kinston Country Club, 1501 Country Club, Kinston, NC
28501
• Falling Creek Golf Course, 2359 Falling Creek Road, Kinston,
NC 28504
• Bill Fay Park Par 3 Golf Course, Phillips Road, Kinston,
NC 28501 opened 7 days a week.
• Barnet Park Disc Golf Course, Sand Clay Rd., Kinston,
NC 28504 is open during daylight hours. Has 18 holes and is free to the public. Kinston Disc Golf Club
Neuseway Nature Park and Campground
401 W. Caswell Street, Kinston, NC 28501
Pitchured below:
Planetarium / Science & Health Museum located in the Neuseway Nature Park
Located
on 55 acres along the Neuse River, this beautiful nature based park is brimming
with fun things to do. Self-guided nature center with over 40 different types
of native and exotic animals, three 550-gallon aquariums, two-developed fishponds
stocked with catfish every year and saltwater touch tank. Enjoy the 18-foot climbing
rock, nature trails, primitive camping, fishing, picnicking, canoeing, and much
more.
Kinston
Drag Strip
Hwy 11 South, Kinston, NC 28504
Spring & fall racing Sundays
Summer racing Saturday and Sundays
Special event racing-funny cars, motorcycles-much more.
The Kinston Indians
400 E. Grainger Ave., Kinston, NC 28501
Take in a ball game, the national pastime at Grainger Stadium as the Kinston Indians,
a Class A franchise of the Cleveland Indians, take on their Carolina League rivals.
Home games April - September.
