Visitor Center Closed Monday January 21st

In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day

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Come Cheer on the Tar Heels

Photo by Jeffrey Camarati, UNC Athletic Communications

Must See: Carolina Basketball...

Highlighting many of the greatest games and most exciting finishes in Tar Heel history.

Live Music Happening Nightly

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Visit a Craft Brewery Today

For award winning seasonal and year-round refreshments!

Revolutionary War Living History...

Commemorating Hillsborough's Revolutionary history - Feb 16

 

Everyone is welcome in Orange County, NC

Experience a destination overflowing with history, charm, natural beauty, energy and southern hospitality. Orange County, in the center of North Carolina, is one of the most vibrant, colorful, inventive, progressive and fun places to visit. Come experience the creativity of our artists, authors, musicians, and chefs. Hear, see and taste our destination on every visit. So, Welcome. Enjoy your visit!

~ Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau
 



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Hillsborough

Hillsborough at over 250 years old, is the birthplace of the North Carolina Regulators, home of Mary Todd Lincoln’s confidante, Elizabeth Keckley, and ...more

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Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill is a multicultural university town that is home to UNC-Chapel Hill and a resident population of 59,000. Hailed as “America’s Foodiest ...more

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UNC - Chapel Hill

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Carrboro

Carrboro is the town just west of Chapel Hill. With a population of just under 20,000 Carrboro is the kind of small southern town where the past and ...more

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