Chapel Hill Township

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.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Varsity Theatre and Ackland Art Museum.

Varsity Theatre

Movie theater

Photo: Wgreaves, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Varsity Theatre is a movie theater, which is situated 2½ miles south of Chapel Hill Township.

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 south of Chapel Hill Township.

Morehead Planetarium and Science Center

Museum

Photo: Yeungb, CC BY 3.0.

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 2½ miles southeast of Chapel Hill Township.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carrboro and Collins Crossing.

Carrboro

Town

Photo: Ethomsen, CC BY 2.5.

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 2½ miles south of Chapel Hill Township.

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 3 miles south of Chapel Hill Township.

Chapel Hill Township

Type: Locality
Also known as: “Township of Chapel Hill”
Location: Orange, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.9486° or 35° 56′ 55″ north

Longitude

-79.0722° or 79° 4′ 20″ west

Elevation

541 feet (165 metres)

Open location code

8772WWXH+C4

GeoNames ID

4460180

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