Polk Place

Polk Place is a common in Orange, North Carolina. Polk Place is situated nearby to the area YMCA Court, as well as near the neighborhood Tenney Circle.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Morehead Planetarium and Science Center and Ackland Art Museum.

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.

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.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chapel Hill and Carrboro.

Chapel Hill

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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.

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.

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 2 miles west of Polk Place.

Polk Place

Type: Common
Location: Orange, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.91075° or 35° 54′ 39″ north

Longitude

-79.05048° or 79° 3′ 2″ west

Elevation

492 feet (150 metres)

Open location code

8772WW6X+8R

GeoNames ID

7626246

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