Attractions

This 70-acre park features six regulation and two championship soccer fields, a seating capacity of 1,500, and a pavilion housing concessions, rest rooms, park offices, and a multi-purpose meeting space. This sports park also provides a pond, playground areas, picnic shelters and trails for walking or biking. It's much more than just soccer! Manchester Meadows conveniently adjoins Manchester Village >Rock Hill's outstanding shopping and dining areas.

This shooting preserve with hunting lodge, dog kennels and 25 to 50 acre ranges provides the very best possible hunting environment. Bream, catfish ponds and duck shooting are also available. Now featuring a brand new wireless 14 station sporting clays course. Home of South Carolina’s Camp Coker Bullet GNCC.

This museum highlights the natural history of the Carolina Piedmont and its connections to the rest of the world with award-winning exhibitions and nature-based programs. The Naturalist Center offers a close-up view of over 2,000 specimens., The Settlemyre Planetarium features state-of-the-art digitally projected shows. Playful learning spaces await the youngest visitors, while the Vernon Grant Gallery features changing exhibitions. The Museum Store has a selection of local goods and nature-themed gifts. Outside is a picnic facility and nature trail. Tue–Sat: 10 am–5 pm; Sun: 1–5pm. Admission charged. Group rates available.

This monadnock is a little-known gem full of history dating back to before the American Revolution. The iron mines located here helped fuel the Carolina Piedmont's first major industry, ironworks, which used hundreds of slaves and skilled workers and produced everything from kettles to cannons. Many historians also believe this was a stop for runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad. The highest point in the county, it rises to 981 feet above sea level, and offers unique views of Lake Wylie's shoreline, Charlotte's skyscrapers and neighboring peaks of Kings Mountain, Crowders Mountain and Henry's Knob. Open to the public. Amenities include a gravel parking area at the base, two walking trails, picnic tables, and educational facilities. 

Where sustainable agriculture meets southern hospitality. This operating farm boasts over 600 breathtaking acres of mixed hardwood forests, pastures, and ponds. It is also home to over 244 bird species, 55 mammals, more than 100 types of reptiles, turtles and amphibians as well as countless numbers of butterflies, dragonflies, bees and other insects. Offers special event rental facilities. 

Designed by Robert Mills  who is best known as the designer of the Washington Monument, this facility was completed in 1823. The downstairs cells were meant to hold debtors, a practice that soon waned. In 1965 soldiers under command of General Sherman tried unsuccessfully to destroy the jail. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it is the only known example of Mills' use of medieval design.

This is the heart of the city which includes the historic downtown and the area where Winthrop University, the Textile Corridor and the city's original neighborhoods are found. The streets of Old Town are lined with one-of-a-kind shops and locally owned restaurants serving a variety of cuisine, including "southern comfort" favorites. Acclaimed residential neighborhoods renowned for restored historic homes transition seamlessly into urban living. Arts-inclined and culturally-minded young professionals and empty-nesters alike are immersed in a healthy and diverse arts community engaging in programs at the Center for the Arts and the working artist studios in the Gettys Arts Center. Cultural offerings are supported by a strong arts program at Winthrop University, the York County Library, Fountain Park and the Old Town Amphitheater. The amphitheater hosts a wonderful selection of spirited, family-friendly activities including theater, dance and musical performances. Annual festivals such as ChristmasVille, St. Patrick's Day on Main, and the Blues and Jazz Festival punctuate a year filled with races, parades, fireworks and regular art crawls.