Get in
[edit]By car. Rocky Mount is directly connected by highway with Roanoke Rapids (Interstate 95), Fayetteville (Interstate 95), Raleigh (US 64), Tarboro (US 64), and Wilson (US 301).
By plane. The nearest commercial airport serving the area is Pitt–Greenville Airport (PGV IATA).
Get around
[edit]See
[edit]- The Imperial Centre for the Arts & Sciences, 270 Gay St, ☏ +1 252-972-1266. A multipurpose facility that includes the Children’s Museum & Science Center, the Marie V. Howard Art Museum, and a theater. art gallery is free.
Do
[edit]- 1 Battle Park, 270 Gay St (entrance off Battlepark Lane), ☏ +1 252-972-1151. Daily 6AM-9PM. This park allows you to see the falls and "rocky mounds" on the Tar River for which Rocky Mount was named, as well as the Rocky Mount Mills, the cotton mill from the town's early days built in 1816 that has been redeveloped into breweries and other space. You can also access the 7-mile long Tar River Trail here that crosses an impressively long wooden suspension bridge to the southeast.
- 2 Dunn Center For The Performing Arts at North Carolina Wesleyan College, 3400 N Wesleyan Blvd, ☏ +1 252-985-5197. Catch a performance here among options that include the Wesleyan Players productions and concerts of the Tar River Swing Band and Orchestra.
- Watch the North Carolina Wesleyan College's Battling Bishops play NCAA sports.
Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]- 1 Rocky Mount Mills, 1151 Falls Rd, ☏ +1 252-969-0909. The former mill now has a number of restaurants, such as:
- The Prime Smokehouse: Barbecue & Beyond - overlooking the river
- The Tipsy Tomato - pizza restaurant
- 2 Gardner's Barbecue 301 Flagship Store, 1331 N Wesleyan Blvd, ☏ +1 252-446-2983. Carolina bbq in a buffet-style format, more distinctive than the Western Sizzlin down the road.
Drink
[edit]Koi Pond Brewing Company also at the Rocky Mount Mills.
Sleep
[edit]- Country Inn & Suites By Radisson, 672 English Road, ☏ +1 252-442-0500. Free breakfast and high speed internet.
- Candlewood Suites Rocky Mount, 688 English Road, ☏ +1 252-467-2550. High speed internet and very clean rooms
Go next
[edit]Routes through Rocky Mount |
Washington, D.C. ← Petersburg ← | N S | → Wilson → Fayetteville |
Washington, D.C. ← Petersburg ← | N S | → Fayetteville → Savannah |
Washington, D.C. ← Petersburg ← | N S | → Raleigh → Savannah |
Richmond ← Roanoke Rapids ← | N S | → Wilson → Fayetteville |
Raleigh ← Zebulon ← | W E | → Tarboro → Nags Head |