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[edit]Nearby Hamlet was once known as the "Hub of the Seaboard", a main interchange for the Seaboard Air Line Railroad that was something of a predecessor to today's Amtrak. There are some attractions related to that in this city:
- 1 National Railroad Museum And Hall Of Fame, 20 W Hamlet Ave, Hamlet, ☏ +1 910 318-5225. Through pictures and model trains, cover the history of the Seaboard and other rail memorabilia. Free.
- 2 Hamlet Depot & Museums, 2 Main St, Hamlet, ☏ +1 910 582-0603. Tu-F 8AM-5PM, Sa-Su 1PM-5PM. Restored Victorian train depot where the Seaboard used to make connections and be the rail service of yesteryear but now services the Amtrak Silver Star. You can visit the Hamlet Depot & Museums inside the depot and a carriage/caboose on display outside.
Do
[edit]- Thursday Plaza Jam, Cole Plaza (Next to Rockingham City Hall). 1st Th of each month 6:30PM, May-October.
- Attend the annual Seaboard Festival in Hamlet, usually in mid-October.
- 1 Hitchcock Creek Trail, 615 Steele St. Hike along former cotton mill Pee Dee Mill #1, it meanders along the tannic waters of Hitchcock Creek.
Buy
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[edit]Sleep
[edit]- Days Inn, 408 West Broad Ave, ☏ +1 910-895-1144.
- Quality Inn & Suites, 400 West Broad Ave, ☏ +1 910-895-0099.
- Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Rockingham, 307 Greene St, ☏ +1 910-817-6001.
Go next
[edit]| Routes through Rockingham |
| Raleigh ← Southern Pines ← | N  S
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→ Columbia → Augusta |
| Charlotte ← Wadesboro ← | W  E
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→ Laurinburg → Lumberton |
| Greensboro ← Seagrove ← | N  S
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