Visiting Surry County and the surrounding area can fill a day, a weekend, or longer. Travel through Mayberry, shop in historic downtown Elkin or fill a day playing at Pilot Knob State Park. Most likely, your visit will coincide with one of our many festivals and celebrations. Each website has an events calendar that will assist you in planning a trip to Surry County. Click on the links below to find more information about visiting our area.
Very Surry Visitor's Guide
Visit Downtown Elkin
Visit Mount Airy
Visit the Yadkin Valley
Visit Surry County
Discover the Foothills
Surry Arts Council
Foothills Art Council
Yadkin Valley Craft Guild
Visit NC
The tourism industry is continuing to grow by leaps and bounds in Surry County. Visitors spent $87 million to Surry County in 2008 which placed Surry County in 39th place among the state's 100 counties*. The travel and tourism industry directly employed more than 720 people in Surry County and generated a payroll of $13.45 million. The Tourism Partnership of Surry County unites the county's tourism development authorities to promote countywide tourism through joint marketing and advertising.
*This study was prepared for the North Carolina Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development by the Travel Industry Association of America.