Wake Forest Reservoir

Wake Forest Reservoir is in Durham Township, North Carolina. Wake Forest Reservoir is situated nearby to Mount Bethel Presbyterian Church, as well as near The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bennett Place and Duke University Hospital.

Bennett Place

Protected area

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Bennett Place is a former farm and homestead in Durham, North Carolina, which was the site of the last surrender of a major Confederate army in the American Civil War, when Joseph E. Bennett Place is situated 1½ miles southwest of Wake Forest Reservoir.

Duke University Hospital

Hospital

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Duke University Hospital is a 1062 -bed acute care facility and an academic tertiary care facility located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Established in 1930, it is the flagship teaching hospital for the Duke University Health System, a network… Duke University Hospital is situated 2½ miles south of Wake Forest Reservoir.

Duke Homestead and Tobacco Factory

Protected area

Duke Homestead State Historic Site is a state historic site and National Historic Landmark in Durham, North Carolina. The site belongs to the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural resources and commemorates the place where Washington Duke founded the nation's largest early-20th-century tobacco firm, the American Tobacco Company. Duke Homestead and Tobacco Factory is situated 1½ miles east of Wake Forest Reservoir.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Braggtown and Durham.

Braggtown

Neighborhood

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Bragtown is a neighborhood located in the northeastern corner of Durham, North Carolina. The community is centered on N. Roxboro Street and the Old Oxford Highway. Braggtown is situated 3 miles east of Wake Forest Reservoir.

Durham

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Of the three cities that make up North Carolina's Research Triangle, Durham has traditionally been the one with the grittier, more working-class image.