Carolina North Forest

Carolina North Forest is a forest reserve in Orange, North Carolina. Carolina North Forest is situated nearby to the neighborhood Glen Heights, as well as near Spring Valley.

Places of Interest

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

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 2 miles southeast of Carolina North Forest.

Morehead Planetarium and Science Center

Museum

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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 2 miles southeast of Carolina North Forest.

Varsity Theatre

Movie theater

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Varsity Theatre is a movie theater, which is situated 2 miles southeast of Carolina North Forest.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carrboro and Chapel Hill.

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 south of Carolina North Forest.

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.

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 2½ miles south of Carolina North Forest.

Carolina North Forest

Type: Forest reserve
Historically known as: “Kenan Woods”
Location: Orange, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.93931° or 35° 56′ 22″ north

Longitude

-79.07461° or 79° 4′ 29″ west

Elevation

541 feet (165 metres)

Open location code

8772WWQG+P5

GeoNames ID

9210566

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Glen Heights and Spring Valley.

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