Franklin Hills
Franklin Hills is a neighborhood in Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina. Franklin Hills is situated nearby to the neighborhood Tenney Circle, as well as near Village Green Condominiums.Places of Interest
Highlights include Morehead Planetarium and Science Center and Ackland Art Museum.
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
Museum
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
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Coker Arboretum
Garden
Photo: Lee Coursey, CC BY 2.0.
Coker Arboretum is an arboretum within the North Carolina Botanical Garden on the campus of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carrboro and Collins Crossing.
Carrboro
Town
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 southwest of Franklin Hills.
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 southwest of Franklin Hills.
Southern Village
Suburb
Southern Village is a 312-acre of retail, office, and civic space. Southern Village was the top selling neighborhood in the Triangle market from 1999 to 2001. Southern Village is situated 3 miles southwest of Franklin Hills.
Franklin Hills
- Type: Neighborhood
- Categories: residential area and locality
- Location: Chapel Hill, Orange, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.92283° or 35° 55′ 22″ northLongitude
-79.04233° or 79° 2′ 32″ westOpen location code
8772WXF5+43OpenStreetMap ID
way 565178834OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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