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Durham

The Research Triangle Region is an area twice the size of Rhode Island. The term “Triangle” was first used to refer to an area anchored by the state's three major universities—the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University in Raleigh and Duke. It now refers to a six-county metropolitan area and a 13-county state planning region. A 7,000-acre wooded tract of land, 4 miles south of downtown via SR 147, is known as Research Triangle Park and is home to many pharmaceutical and information technology companies.

Visitor Centers

Durham Visitor Information Center 212 W. Main St., Suite 101 Durham, NC 27701. Phone:(919)687-0288 or (800)446-8604

Things to Do

Bennett Place State Historic Site

Duke Homestead State Historic Site and Tobacco Museum

Duke University

Duke University Chapel

Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University

Sarah P. Duke Gardens

Historic Stagville

Museum of Life and Science

West Point on the Eno

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