Booker Creek

Booker Creek is a stream in Orange, North Carolina. Booker Creek is situated nearby to the locality Ridgefield Park, as well as near the neighborhood Briarcliff.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Morehead Planetarium and Science Center and Kenan Stadium.

Morehead Planetarium and Science Center

Museum

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Morehead Planetarium and Science Center is located on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a unit of the university, Morehead receives about one-third of its funding through state sources, one-third through ticket and gift sales, and one-third through gifts and grants. Morehead Planetarium and Science Center is situated 2 miles west of Booker Creek.

Kenan Stadium

Stadium

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Kenan Stadium is a college football stadium located on Stadium Drive in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Opened in 1927, it is home to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's football team, which competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Kenan Stadium is situated 2 miles southwest of Booker Creek.

Louis Round Wilson Library

Library

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The Louis Round Wilson Library is a library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Completed in 1929, it served as the university's main library until 1984. Louis Round Wilson Library is situated 2 miles southwest of Booker Creek.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chapel Hill and Carrboro.

Chapel Hill

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Scenic and regularly decked out in "Carolina blue", Chapel Hill is a lovely college town in North Carolina that makes up the westernmost point of the Research Triangle.

Carrboro

Town

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Carrboro is a town in Orange County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 21,295 at the 2020 census. The town, which is part of the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill combined statistical area, was named after North Carolina industrialist Julian S. Carrboro is situated 3 miles west of Booker Creek.

Collins Crossing

Neighborhood

Formerly Abby Court, and previously Old Well, is a complex of over 300 residences in North Carolina. Formerly advertised as a complex of “condominiums,” however only a few units, 63 to be exact, are still privately owned. Collins Crossing is situated 3½ miles west of Booker Creek.

Booker Creek

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: Orange, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.92237° or 35° 55′ 21″ north

Longitude

-79.01973° or 79° 1′ 11″ west

Elevation

249 feet (76 metres)

Open location code

8772WXCJ+W4

GeoNames ID

4456690

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