Colony Woods

Colony Woods is a neighborhood in Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina. Colony Woods is situated near the hamlet Colony Park, as well as near the neighborhood Legion Road Townhomes.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Leigh Farm.

Leigh Farm

Park

Photo: GreenRunner0, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Leigh Farm is a historic home and plantation complex located near Chapel Hill, Durham County, North Carolina. The house was built about 1834, and is a one-story, three-bay, frame dwelling with a broad gable roof. Leigh Farm is situated 2 miles southeast of Colony Woods.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carrboro and Blands.

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 4½ miles southwest of Colony Woods.

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 4½ miles southeast of Colony Woods.

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 5 miles southwest of Colony Woods.

Colony Woods

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

35.93964° or 35° 56′ 23″ north

Longitude

-79.0083° or 79° 0′ 30″ west

Elevation

292 feet (89 metres)

Open location code

8772WXQR+VM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 626751123

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

4461488

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Colony Park and Legion Road Townhomes.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Colony Lake and McFarling (McFarland) Family Cemetery.

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