Take advantage of the many nearby activities that the area has to offer such as swimming, water skiing, fishing and boating on Lake Tillery near the surrounding Uwharrie National Forest, where you can go horse-back riding, hiking, hunting, canoeing, off-roading, and recreational panning for gold at Reed’s Gold Mine! A visit to Town Creek Indian Mound offers a glimpse of pre-Columbian life which brings to life a rich cultural heritage from the buried past. There is the nearby North Carolina Zoo as well as some of the best golfing in the world in the nearby town of Pinehurst which has hosted Men’s US Open.