Sandhills Horticultural Gardens
No admission feePublic gardens in Pinehurst, North Carolina, showcasing plant collections and designed landscapes within the Sandhills region.

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Stay at a historic golf resort in the North Carolina Sandhills and play courses that have hosted the U.S. Open.
80 Carolina Vista · Pinehurst, NC
Pinehurst is a golf resort in the North Carolina Sandhills, begun in 1895 when Boston philanthropist James Walker Tufts bought land there. The course list runs from No. 1 to No. 11, led by Donald Ross's No. 2, whose U.S. Opens include 1999 and 2024, plus The Cradle, a nine-hole short course, and the Thistle Dhu putting course. You can stay at The Carolina Hotel, The Holly Inn, The Manor or The Magnolia Inn, with a spa, tennis and pickleball on site.
The closest stops to Pinehurst Resort, ordered by straight-line distance.
Public gardens in Pinehurst, North Carolina, showcasing plant collections and designed landscapes within the Sandhills region.
4.3 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors
A Sandhills nature preserve in Moore County where visitors can walk or ride among old longleaf pines and wiregrass.
6.3 mi awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors
Walk a free self-guided loop around a rebuilt 15-foot platform mound, temple and palisade where Pee Dee people held ceremonies 600 to 800 years ago.
26 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing
Military history museum on Fort Bragg covering the 82nd Airborne Division from World War I to today.
27 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums
Regional shopping mall in Fayetteville with fashion retailers, dining, a spa, and interactive games.
Transit: reachable by public transit
30 mi awaySwitch it up: Shopping
Walk through U.S. Army airborne and special operations history, from the paratroopers of 1940 to today, in downtown Fayetteville.
Transit: reachable by public transit
34 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums