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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2.5 miles): |
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was chartered in 1789 as the nation's first state university. The cornerstone of its first building was laid in 1793 and opened to students in 1795. Carolina was the only public university to award degrees to students in the 18th century. Today, Carolina's 13 colleges and schools offer programs in more than 100 fields leading to 86 bachelors, 164 masters and 108 doctoral degrees, as well as professional degrees in dentistry, medicine, pharmacy, law and library science. Total student enrollment exceeds 24,000 for a faculty of more than 2,400. |
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Duke University (5 miles): |
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James Buchanan Duke as a memorial to his father, Washington Duke, created Duke University in 1924. The Dukes, a Durham family, built a worldwide financial empire in the manufacture of tobacco and developed the production of electricity in the two Carolinas. Modern times have seen Duke realize its founder's aspirations to become a major center of learning with close to 12,000 enrolled students and 1,400 faculty. |
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The Streets at Southpoint (6 miles): |
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Imagine 150 stores all under one roof. The Streets at Southpoint is a 1.3 million square-foot shopping, dining and entertainment destination just east of Chapel Hill, easily accessible from Highway 751 and Renaissance Parkway (Exit 275) or Fayetteville Road (Exit 276) off I-40. Unique to the Triangle region, the project will feature shops and restaurants, Southpoint Cinemas, a children's play area, and five department stores including North Carolina's first Nordstrom. The design of the project places visitors in an environment where the indoors and outdoors blend. MAIN STREET at The Streets at Southpoint encompasses over 200,000 square feet and is an open-air entertainment area featuring several exclusive restaurants, popular retailers and a 16-screen state-of-the-art movie theater. For more information, please access www.thestreetsatsouthpoint.com. |
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Research Triangle Park (RTP) (8 miles): |
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The Research Triangle Park covers and area of 7,000 acres and is the home of many corporate offices and scientific research centers. Currently, the park houses 136 organizations of which 105 are research and development related in a wide variety of fields ranging from Biotechnology / Biopharmaceutical and Materials Science to Information Technology and Microelectronics. |
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Finley Golf Course (3 miles): |
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The Finely Golf Course is an 18 hole, par 72 course designed by Tom Fazio. Championship Tees have a yardage of 7187 with a slope/rating of 141/75 while Middle Tees and Forward Tees have yardages of 6702 and 6141 with slope/ratings of 134/72.5 and 125/69.9 respectively. The golf's amenities include a clubhouse with restaurant, a pro shop, practice facilities, lessons, club rentals and locker facilities. |
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North Carolina Botanical Garden (3 miles): |
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The Garden first opened to the public in 1966 and is part of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It pursues four major themes: plant diversity, human dependence on plant diversity, the need for conservation and research for solving modern problems as well as increasing human quality of life. The Garden's collection area, nature trails, Coker Arboretum, Mason Farm Biological Reserve and other lands comprise nearly 600 acres. It has established itself as a regional center for research, conservation, and interpretation of plants, particularly those native to the southeastern United States, but also including those with special botanical and human interest. |
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Morehead Planetarium (2 miles): |
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The Morehead Planetarium is one of the largest planetariums in the United States. As the United States space program began, the Morehead provided training for U.S. astronauts from the Mercury program to the Apollo-Soyuz program. It is now one of the very few planetariums with an automated Zeiss Model VI Star Projector that can project some 8,900 fixed stars down to magnitude 6.5, along with 17 star clusters and nebulae. |
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Dean Smith Center (3 miles): |
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This Tar Heel Basketball home court also welcomes major artists for large concerts and events on a regular schedule. For more information on the Tar Heels, please visit the Official Athletic Site of the University of North Carolina. |
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Ackland Museum (2.5 miles): |
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The Ackland Art Museum was founded through the bequest of William Hayes Ackland (1855-1940) to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Today, the museum exhibits from a permanent collection of more than 14,000 works of art from around the world. The Ackland's holdings are particularly rich in Old Master paintings and sculptures by artists such as Degas, Rubens and Pissarro, Indian miniatures, Japanese paintings and North Carolina folk art. In addition, the museum exhibits four to six temporary loan exhibitions annually. |
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Duke Memorial Chapel (5 miles): |
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A 210-foot tower housing a 50-bell carillon marks this centerpiece of the Duke Gothic West Campus since 1932. There are 77 stained-glass windows depicting some 800 figures. Washington Duke and his sons Benjamin and James are entombed in the Memorial Chapel. In the crypt lie other Duke family members and university leaders. The colorful 5,000-pipe Benjamin N. Duke Memorial Organ, built in Holland in the baroque style, fills the arch at the rear of the nave. Duke Chapel is open to visitors 8 a.m. - 10 p.m. during the academic year and 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. during the summer. Sunday ecumenical services are held at 11 a.m. The Chapel is home for 13 different student religious groups and is the most active university chapel in America, both in scope of program and student participation.
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Sarah B. Duke Gardens (6 miles): |
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The Sarah B. Duke Gardens, 55 acres of landscaped terraced flowerbeds and woodland gardens centered around a lily pond and wisteria-covered pergola, are open to the public daily from 8 a.m. to dusk. The terraces are filled with tulips and pansies in the spring, bedding plants and daylilies in the summer, and chrysanthemums in the fall. A number of perennials are in bloom throughout the seasons. Five miles of walkways lead through one of the premier gardens of the southeastern United States. The Blomquist Garden of Native Plants and the Asiatic Arboretum, a collection of Far Eastern trees and shrubs, are special features. |
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Historic town of Hillsborough (8 miles): |
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A self-guided historic Hillsborough walking tour through 75 historic sites departs from the Orange County Visitors Center at 150 E. King Street. Allow yourself up to 2½ hours. Guided colonial tours of Hillsborough's revolutionary war era sites are conducted by the Colonial Guides of Hillsborough dressed in period costume. Allow yourself 1½ hours. Reservations are requested. |
