With some awesome day trip options available in the surrounding area, renting a car makes sense. Without one, it’d be much harder to soak up everything that Kinston, 17 miles away, has to offer. Among the first stops you make here ought to be Grainger Stadium, Neuseway Nature Park and Mother Earth Brewing. Locals are also likely to point you in the direction of Wilson, 35 miles away. If you only see one thing here, make sure it’s Oliver Nestus Freeman Round House Museum. (But we’re also huge fans of Wedgewood Golf Course and Imagination Station.)