Gaston County offers you a wonderful combination of gardens, parks, historic sites, and shopping delights to make your visit so enjoyable you'll want to return again and again.

  • Maps - Reach us easily by Interstate or air. We're on I-85 just west of Charlotte's big International Airport. Got Amtrak, too.
  • Tour - The Magnolia Tour features 17 of the most interesting and unusual places to visit in Gaston County, including gardens, museums, historic and seasonal sites.
  • Stay overnight in quaint bed & breakfasts, national chain hotels or other accommodations.
  • Play - Enjoy local arts, cultural and entertainment events, abundant recreational and sports opportunities, including the U.S. National Whitewater Center
  • Dine in dozens of restaurants of all varieties, including our hometown specialty, the fish camp.
  • Shop in over 1 million square feet of retail in Franklin Square, our many antique shops, and all kinds of specialty places.
  • eCards - Send an e-postcard with our gallery of attractive Gaston scenes, free to anyone in the world with email.
  • More - For more information, use our email request form. Order our free Visitors' Guide or our award-winning video of local attractions.

Look for this symbol throughout our website to indicate tour sites which welcome group tours. For more information call
1-800-849-9994.
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Gaston County Department of Tourism Visitors Center
620 N. Main Street, Belmont, NC 28012
1-800-849-9994 • Local 704-825-4044• Fax 704-825-4029
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