Briarcliff

Briarcliff is a neighborhood in Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina. Briarcliff is situated nearby to the neighborhood Deerwoods, as well as near South Estes.

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 southwest of Briarcliff.

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 2½ miles southwest of Briarcliff.

Ackland Art Museum

Museum

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The Ackland Art Museum is a museum and academic unit of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It was founded through the bequest of William Hayes Ackland to The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Ackland Art Museum is situated 2½ miles southwest of Briarcliff.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carrboro and Collins Crossing.

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 3½ miles west of Briarcliff.

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 4 miles west of Briarcliff.

Blands

Suburb

Blands is an unincorporated community in southwestern Durham County, North Carolina, on the intersection of North Carolina Highway 751 and Stagecoach Road, at an elevation of 236 feet. Blands is situated 4 miles southeast of Briarcliff.

Briarcliff

Type: Neighborhood
Categories: residential area and locality
Location: Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.92682° or 35° 55′ 37″ north

Longitude

-79.01478° or 79° 0′ 53″ west

Elevation

299 feet (91 metres)

Open location code

8772WXGP+P3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1189514827

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

4457072

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