Downtown Cary Park

Downtown Cary Park is a park in Cary, Wake, North Carolina which is located on South Academy Street. Downtown Cary Park is situated nearby to the grassland Great Lawn, as well as near the playground The Nest Splash Pad.

Opening hours: 7:00 AM—11:00 PM
Type: Park
Address: 319 South Academy Street, Cary, NC 27511

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cary station and Herbert Young Community Center.

Cary station

Railway station

Photo: Erich Fabricius, CC BY 3.0.

Cary station is an Amtrak train station located in Cary, North Carolina. It is served by the Floridian, Carolinian, and Piedmont services. The station is the hub for the town's GoCary bus network. Cary station is situated 1,800 feet northwest of Downtown Cary Park.

Herbert Young Community Center

Community center

The Herbert C. Young Community Center is the local community and recreation center in Cary, North Carolina. The center opened in 1991, and was the first such facility in the town. Herbert Young Community Center is situated 2,500 feet north of Downtown Cary Park.

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 1 mile south of Downtown Cary Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Morrisville and Apex.

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 4 miles northwest of Downtown Cary Park.

Apex

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Apex is a town in Wake and Chatham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. 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.

Downtown Cary Park

Category: recreation area
Location: Cary, Wake, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.78393° or 35° 47′ 2″ north

Longitude

-78.77988° or 78° 46′ 48″ west

Operator

Cary

Open location code

8773Q6MC+H2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 549250448

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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Satellite Map

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