Basics
- Length:
- 92 miles (148 km)
- Time:
- 2.5 hours
Description
For a taste of North Carolina's history, the Colonial Heritage Byway offers several points of interest for travelers. Architecture from the 18th and 19th Centuries is abundant throughout the communities that dot the path of this byway. Many of the historic buildings are still being used today as courthouses and general stores.
Although the byway begins and ends with urban centers of North Carolina, the route will take travelers through the winding roads of rural North Carolina farmland. Visitors will find stories of the first settlers to the area as well as the historical figures who inhabited the area.
The byway includes the community of Hillsborough where public tours of the district are offered. Near Hillsborough are many sites of interest that include Eno State Park, Falls Lake State Recreation Area, Orange County Historical Museum, and Duke University Chapel. The past then meets the future in Durham, one of North Carolina's largest cities.
Points of Interest
Points of Interest Along The Way
Blandwood Mansion (NC)
As the former home of one of North Carolina's governers, this is the oldest example of Italian Villa architecture in the U.S.
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Greensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro Historical Museum (NC)
Museum complex contains buildings dating as early as 1892.
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Greensboro, North Carolina
William Fields House (NC)
A Gothic Revival dwelling featuring a steep gabled roof and arched former windows.
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Greensboro, North Carolina
