Country Inn & Suites By Carlson Charlotte I-485 at Highway 74E is located on highway 74 with easy access to I-485. The hotel is located approximately 20 miles from the Charlotte Douglas International Airport with taxi service available to the hotel. It is roughly 20 minutes to Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte, 40 minutes to Rockingham Motor Speedway, and four miles to Matthews business district. Carowinds is only 20 minutes away. The hotel offers meeting space, complimentary local calls, complimentary 24-hour coffee service in the lobby, complimentary cookies, complimentary breakfast complimentary morning newspaper, and complimentary outdoor parking. An indoor heated pool and exercise room are also on the premises.

All rooms have a modem hookup, two phone lines, hairdryer, coffeemaker, iron/board, and cable TV with HBO, ESPN, CNN, and 72 other channels. Accessible units are available.

On-site recreations - other activity stair stepper stationary bike swimming treadmill weightlifting off-site recreations - bicycling billiards/snooker cardio vascular exercise dancing driving range exercising fine dining fishing football golfing jogging night clubs other activity shopping sports events stair stepper stationary bike sunbathing swimming tennis theater treadmill universal gym volleyball water sports weightlifting offsite recreational activities - --matthews festival shopping center and sycamore commons shopping center are 2 miles away. many other major malls within 10-15 minutes from the hotel. --carowinds paramount is open during the spring/summer and part of the fall seasons. ask the front desk for information, directions, and how to obtain tickets to all carowind rides. cost varies. also movie theaters, bowling alleys, skating rinks and indoor recreation centers are nearby. we are also located within 20 minutes from discovery place, charlottes interactive childrens museum. .