Worth the trip from Four Oaks: Lenovo Center, 30 mi off
Around 289K people visit North Carolina Museum of History each year. All of it lies outside: 16 places within 40 miles, none inside Four Oaks. Among them are 11 museums, 3 stadiums & arenas and 2 gardens. Set 47 mi out, Kenan Memorial Stadium makes a day trip.
Ava Gardner Museum
Biographical museum in Smithfield, North Carolina.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The places, mapped
To the northwest is where most of the 16 lie.
Orange: Four Oaks. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Every one of them
The list runs to 33 places, all within 60 miles.
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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.
6Bennett Place State Historic Site
Historic site in Durham North Carolina, United States.
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9North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
North Carolina’s state museum for science and nature, located in Raleigh.
11Museum of Life and Science
Science museum, children's museum, and zoo in Durham, North Carolina.
12North Carolina Museum of History
State museum focused on the history of North Carolina, located in Raleigh.
13Sarah P. Duke Gardens
Green space at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
14Carolina Theatre
Theater and former movie theater in Durham, North Carolina, United States.
Airborne & Special Operations Museum
Museum in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
North Carolina Botanical Garden
Botanical garden in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum
Military museum, aviation museum in North Carolina, United States.
J. C. Raulston Arboretum
Arboretum in Raleigh, North Carolina, United Stated.
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.
Neuseway Nature Center and Planetarium
Museum in Kingston, North Carolina.
North Carolina State University Insect Museum
Natural history museum in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Photo credits
Lenovo Center: Edward T. Funkhouser, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Carter–Finley Stadium: SMaloney, CC BY 3.0 · Kenan Memorial Stadium: Yeungb, CC BY 3.0 · 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 · Bennett Place State Historic Site: Ildar Sagdejev (Specious), CC BY-SA 4.0 · CSS Neuse: Katyrw, 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 · Museum of Life and Science: photographer: Tony Rice, CC BY 2.5 · North Carolina Museum of History: Jmturner, Public domain · Sarah P. Duke Gardens: monsieuricon from Montréal, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Carolina Theatre: (User:Wgreaves), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Nasher Museum of Art: self, Public domain · 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 · J. C. Raulston Arboretum: Daderot, 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 · Harper House: Bentonvilleshs, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Imagination Station Science Museum: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Neuseway Nature Center and Planetarium: RadioFan, CC BY-SA 3.0
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