Worth the trip from Aberdeen: North Carolina Zoo, 39 mi off
Around 700K people visit North Carolina Zoo each year. Nothing is mapped inside Aberdeen, but 6 places to visit are within 40 miles. They include 3 museums, a zoo & aquarium and a national forest. For a full day, there is South of the Border, 45 mi away.
South of the Border
Amusement park in South Carolina, USA.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
How they lie
Head to the east for most of the 6 on the list.
Orange: Aberdeen. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
All of them, one by one
These 20 are within 60 miles, none in town.
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3North Carolina Zoo
World’s largest natural habitat zoo located in Asheboro, North Carolina, United States.
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5Dean Smith Center
Multi-purpose arena in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, used primarily as the home for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels men's basketball team.
6Uwharrie National Forest
National forest located primarily in Montgomery County, North Carolina..
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8Airborne & Special Operations Museum
Museum in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
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11North Carolina Botanical Garden
Botanical garden in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
1282nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum
Military museum, aviation museum in North Carolina, United States.
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Playmakers Theatre
Theatre building on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, originally a social venue.
Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve
State park in North Carolina, United States.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Aberdeen →
Photo credits
South of the Border: Leonard J. DeFrancisci, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kenan Memorial Stadium: Yeungb, CC BY 3.0 · North Carolina Zoo: Diane Villa, CC BY-SA 4.0 · WakeMed Soccer Park: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dean Smith Center: No machine-readable author provided. Snargle~commonswiki assumed (based on copyr, Public domain · Uwharrie National Forest: U.S. Forest Service, Public domain · Morrow Mountain: Hathcock at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 · Airborne & Special Operations Museum: US Army, Public domain · Ackland Art Museum: iam1969, CC BY-SA 3.0 · North Carolina Botanical Garden: Daderot, Public domain · 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum: Dragases (talk), Public domain · Morehead Planetarium and Science Center: Yeungb, CC BY 3.0 · Yates Mill: Mark Turner, Public domain · Coker Arboretum: Lee Coursey, CC BY 2.0 · Playmakers Theatre: (User:Wgreaves), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve: Wyatt Greene, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cape Fear Botanical Garden: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0
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