Carlton Acres

Carlton Acres is a hamlet in Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina. Carlton Acres is situated nearby to the suburb Dogwood Acres, as well as near the neighborhood Glenhaven.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ackland Art Museum and Kenan Stadium.

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 northeast of Carlton Acres.

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 northeast of Carlton Acres.

Dean Smith Center

Stadium

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The Dean E. Smith Student Activities Center is a 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. Dean Smith Center is situated 2½ miles northeast of Carlton Acres.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Southern Village and Collins Crossing.

Southern Village

Suburb

Southern Village is a 312-acre of retail, office, and civic space. Southern Village was the top selling neighborhood in the Triangle market from 1999 to 2001.

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 1½ miles north of Carlton Acres.

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 2 miles north of Carlton Acres.

Carlton Acres

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.88292° or 35° 52′ 59″ north

Longitude

-79.07946° or 79° 4′ 46″ west

Elevation

459 feet (140 metres)

Open location code

8772VWMC+56

OpenStreetMap ID

node 157559081

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4459233

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