MacGregor Downs Lake

MacGregor Downs Lake is a reservoir in Wake, North Carolina. MacGregor Downs Lake is situated nearby to the hamlet MacGregor Park, as well as near the neighborhood Churchill Downs.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve and Food Lion.

Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve

Nature reserve

Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve is a joint project between the North Carolina state park system and Cary, Wake County, North Carolina in the United States.

Food Lion

Supermarket

Photo: Specious, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Food Lion is an American regional supermarket chain headquartered in Salisbury, North Carolina, that operates over 1,000 supermarkets in 10 states: Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Food Lion is situated 2 miles north of MacGregor Downs Lake.

Apex High School is a public high school in Apex, North Carolina, United States, and is part of the Wake County Public School System. It is on a 4x4 block scheduling system. Apex Senior High School is situated 2½ miles west of MacGregor Downs Lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cary and Apex.

Cary

Photo: Yassie, CC BY 2.5.

Cary is a town in the Research Triangle of North Carolina. It is primarily a fast-growing suburb of Raleigh, the state capital, but has developed some economic gravity of its own.

Apex

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Apex is a town in Wake County, North Carolina, United States. At its southern border, Apex encompasses the community of Friendship. In 1994, the downtown area was designated a historic district, and the Apex train depot, built in 1867, is designated a Wake County landmark.

Morrisville

Town

Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.

Morrisville is a town located primarily in Wake County, North Carolina, United States. According to the 2020 census, the population was 29,630. Morrisville is part of the Research Triangle metropolitan region, located midway between the cities of Raleigh and Durham. Morrisville is situated 6 miles north of MacGregor Downs Lake.

MacGregor Downs Lake

Type: Reservoir
Also known as: “McGregor Downs Lake”
Category: body of water
Location: Wake, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.74468° or 35° 44′ 41″ north

Longitude

-78.79662° or 78° 47′ 48″ west

Elevation

351 feet (107 metres)

Open location code

8773P6V3+V9

GeoNames ID

4477627

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