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About the Pittsboro-Siler City CVB We wish the most memorable and pleasant stay for our guests as they enjoy all our area has to offer. The Pittsboro-Siler City Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) is Chatham County's destination marketing organization (DMO) responsible for travel and tourism promotion and visitor services. The CVB is the liaison between potential visitors, media, and/or film scouts and the local travel industry. The CVB is the catalyst for visitor-related economic development. The occupancy tax, a three percent tax paid by visitors and collected by local lodging facilities, can legally only be used to promote travel and tourism. The CVB is fully funded by this tax. The Pittsboro-Siler City CVB has won the following Destination Marketing Achievement Awards:
We provide numerous services to Chatham County's tourism-related businesses, all of which are free. Below are just a few:
Governors Club Golf Course Allen and Son Fearrington House Country Inn Jordan Lake State Recreation Area Carnivore Preservation Trust BBQ & Ribs Co. Fearrington House Restaurant Southern Supreme The Preserve at Jordan Lake Golf Club Performance, Inc. McIntyre's Fine Books and Bookends (Fearrington Village)
Pittsboro Jordan Lake, Apex, and Pittsboro Chapel Hill Bear Creek Siler City Gulf & Goldston
Chatham County is an integral part of the Durham metropolitan statistical area (MSA), the name of a 430,000-person MSA that includes Durham, Chatham, Orange, and Person counties. Raleigh-Cary, NC, is the neighboring MSA that includes Wake, Franklin, and Johnston counties. Our county includes Pittsboro, Siler City, Goldston, Moncure, Bear Creek, Wilsonville, Bonlee, Bennett, Gulf, Silk Hope, Bynum, and some parts of Chapel Hill, Apex, and Cary. We are located in the heart of North Carolina, between the Triangle and the Piedmont Triad. Some of our neighbors include: NC Zoo, Seagrove Potteries, New Hope Valley Railway, the Streets at Southpoint, Raleigh, Durham, Greensboro. Enjoy our incredible landscape and the diversity in Pittsboro, Siler City, and our other towns and communities' activities, shops, and restaurants, which is appealing to many interests and ages. Jordan Lake State Recreation Area; Jordan Lake Educational State Forest; and the Deep, Haw, and Rocky Rivers make Chatham an outdoor adventure land and great place to canoe, kayak, sail, picnic, hike, and bike. Fearrington Village is a fun outing, with its distinctive shops, breathtaking gardens, award-winning restaurants, and everyone's favorite, "Oreo cows." Three Chapel Hill/Chatham County golf courses are perfect for golfers--championship courses, designers--Jack Nicklaus and Davis Love III, magnificent vistas, and challenging rounds. The variety doesn't stop there, however. Bed and breakfasts are plenty and they make the perfect getaway for couples and even families (the goat farm is perfect for kids). Adventure seekers and outdoor lovers enjoy the opportunity to canoe, kayak, swim, fish, picnic, and more. A walk along the historic traffic circle is always fun, complete with a visit to the Antique Walk and nifty eateries in historic downtown Pittsboro. Pittsboro, Siler City, and Goldston each have historic districts as recognized by the National Historic Register. Year-round tours, festivals, and happenings include wine tastings, garden parties, holiday fun, heritage celebrations, children's activities, incredible exhibits, and Southern cuisine. Tour small farms, nurseries, farmers' markets--a great way to get the freshest ingredients for dinner; plus, take home jams, flowers, breads, and more. Several companies bring their employees to Chatham for its rural and natural landscape as well as for its the unique meeting sites. The American Tobacco Trail is a 30-mile rails-to-trails project located in the Triangle Region of North Carolina. The route crosses through the City of Durham; Durham, Chatham, and Wake counties; the planning jurisdictions of the Towns of Cary and Apex; and passes through the Lake Jordan project land of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
What's with all the nuts? Nutty fruitcakes NC's largest producer! Tantalizing tour, treats, and tastings at Southern Supreme Gourmet Confections (Bear Creek). See an ocelot, serval or binturong-what are they?! More than 100 exotic animals reside in a "big cat" sanctuary (Pittsboro). Five special stays in distinctive B&Bs, each offering something different: a goat dairy farm famous for its cheese, the former home of Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, one from which you can sit on the porch and check e-mail (if you must), one borders the Rocky River, and more. Food fascination. Foods created and sold here--Silk Hope Winery, Kerala Curry, Celebrity Dairy Goat Cheese, and Southern Supreme Gourmet Confections. Many offer tours. Endless blooms. Signature gardens of Fearrington. More than 50 small farms and nurseries. Orchids, Five-star golf, environmentally conscious golf, and fair-priced golf--all in Chapel Hill in Chatham County. 14,000 acres of water; 108 holes of incredible golf; 2 resorts; 100+ exotic animals; three rivers; 707 square miles; six Fearrington gardens; 1,055 campsites; 4.6 miles of the regional attraction, The American Tobacco Trail; six distinct bed & breakfast inns; and endless memories. Splash the day away...canoe, kayak, swim, sunbathe, sail, or fish. Explore, hike, bike, picnic, bird watch, and more at Jordan Lake State Recreation Area, Jordan Lake State Educational Forest, Camelback Bridge, Deep River, Haw River, and/or Rocky River! Rails and trails, riding and biking--transport yourself to another place! Drive or ride motorcycles along Devil's Stomping Ground Road--a NC scenic byway, cycle a number of trails--198-mile system, walk or hike along numerous walking trails (including the Talking Tree Trail), and soon, enjoy the historic American Tobacco Trail. Three historic districts recognized by the National Register of Historic Places and 53 historic sites.
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Stay at Fearrington Country House Inn, Rosemary Bed & Breakfast, Windsong Retreat, or Old Graham Road Bed & Breakfast. Visit the Antique Walk during the day and dine at one of our nifty eateries. Drive the historic traffic circle, visit the Courthouse museum, and tour the "big cat" sanctuary of exotic animals.
Bike,
fish, swim, sunbathe, observe eagles, walk, sail--enjoy the wonders
of nature. Stop at the Farmer's Market in either Pittsboro or at
Fearrington (spring through Thanksgiving). Tour the signature gardens
at Fearrington and visit the nice variety of shops. Don't forget
to pet the "Belties!"
Kids will enjoy the Talking Trail at Jordan Lake State Educational Forest--bring a picnic lunch and bask in the warm weather. Golf at any of our three incredible golf courses: Governors Club (27 holes, designed by Jack Nicklaus), The Preserve (designed by Davis Love III, adjacent to Jordan Lake), and Twin Lakes (public course, 9 holes).
Take the scenic byway, Hwy 902 (Devil's Stomping Ground Highway), and stop for a treat at Southern Supreme Gourmet Confections, NC's largest fruitcake producer. The adventurer will want to make a stop at Devil's Tramping Ground (legend has it that the Devil himself makes nightly walks here, keeping the ground sterile and charred as he plots his evil plans).
Stay at the B&B at Laurel Ridge for a romantic getaway. Families will enjoy Celebrity Goat Dairy (known as the Goat Hilton) where you can participate in feeding the goats and hear how cheese is made. Take flowers to Aunt Bee's gravesite (from the Andy Griffith show). Explore the fascinating history of downtown Siler City and its dynamic shops and courses at the North Carolina Arts Incubator. Taste a variety of wines as you enjoy vineyard views at Siler City's first winery, Horizon Cellars.
Visit the Camelback Bridge (on the National Historic Register) in Gulf, then drive to Goldston to see the historic district (also on the register)--approximately 15 buildings. Grab a burger at the Goldston Grill.
