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Attractions near Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill to see, Kenan Memorial Stadium first

Visits to North Carolina Museum of History run to about 289K a year. There are 8 places to visit inside Chapel Hill, and 17 more within 40 miles. The commonest are 9 museums, 5 stadiums & arenas and 4 gardens. Day-trippers head 46 mi out to North Carolina Zoo.

Attractions nearby
39
within 60 miles
The big one
8 mi
Bennett Place State Historic Site
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Landmark · 8 mi northeast

Bennett Place State Historic Site

Historic site in Durham North Carolina, United States.

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The map

Where each one is

Head to the southeast for most of the 17 on the list.

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Orange: Chapel Hill. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

The list in full

After the 8 in town come 31 more within 60 miles.

Dean Smith Center

Stadium & arena · in town · read 13K times a year on Wikipedia

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.

Towns near it → · Wikipedia

North Carolina Zoo

Zoo & aquarium · 46 mi southwest · read 23K times a year on Wikipedia

World’s largest natural habitat zoo located in Asheboro, North Carolina, United States.

700K visitors a year
Towns near it → · Wikipedia

The places inside Chapel Hill lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.

Chapel Hill’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Kenan Memorial Stadium: Yeungb, CC BY 3.0 · Dean Smith Center: No machine-readable author provided. Snargle~commonswiki assumed (based on copyr, Public domain · Ackland Art Museum: iam1969, CC BY-SA 3.0 · North Carolina Botanical Garden: Daderot, Public domain · Morehead Planetarium and Science Center: Yeungb, CC BY 3.0 · Coker Arboretum: Lee Coursey, CC BY 2.0 · Playmakers Theatre: (User:Wgreaves), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lenovo Center: Edward T. Funkhouser, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Carter–Finley Stadium: SMaloney, CC BY 3.0 · North Carolina Zoo: Diane Villa, CC BY-SA 4.0 · WakeMed Soccer Park: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bennett Place State Historic Site: Ildar Sagdejev (Specious), CC BY-SA 4.0 · North Carolina Museum of Art: Justin Doub, CC BY 2.0 · North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences: Jmturner, Public domain · Ava Gardner Museum: LikeGrantTookRichmond, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Guilford Courthouse National Military Park: National Park Service Digital Image Archives, Public domain · Museum of Life and Science: photographer: Tony Rice, CC BY 2.5 · Greensboro Science Center: EmCnNC, CC BY-SA 3.0 · North Carolina Museum of History: Jmturner, Public domain · Sarah P. Duke Gardens: monsieuricon from Montréal, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0 · International Civil Rights Center and Museum: Mx._Granger, CC0 · Carolina Theatre: (User:Wgreaves), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Nasher Museum of Art: self, Public domain · Carolina Theatre of Greensboro: No machine-readable author provided. Csbrummitt~commonswiki assumed (based on co, Public domain · 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum: Dragases (talk), Public domain · Yates Mill: Mark Turner, Public domain · J. C. Raulston Arboretum: Daderot, Public domain · Weatherspoon Art Museum: Ptncsu12, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Occoneechee State Park: Wikipelli, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve: Wyatt Greene, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Harper House: Bentonvilleshs, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Greensboro Historical Museum: Rhpotter, CC BY-SA 3.0

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