Guidebook for Raleigh

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Guidebook for Raleigh

Food Scene

Great Mexican food and great service! Very popular local restaurant and the closest to the house.
Fiesta Mexicana NC Cary
2839 Jones Franklin Road
Great Mexican food and great service! Very popular local restaurant and the closest to the house.
Affordable sports pub/resturant. There is also one located on Glenwood South area of town.
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Carolina Ale House
2240 Walnut St
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Affordable sports pub/resturant. There is also one located on Glenwood South area of town.
Great bagels, breakfast spot
Bruegger's Bagels
8204 Tryon Woods Dr
Great bagels, breakfast spot
Iconic North Carolina barbecue with local atmosphere. This is a great place to go to discover real North Carolina food.
The Original Carolina Barbecue of Garner, Inc.
733 US-70 W
Iconic North Carolina barbecue with local atmosphere. This is a great place to go to discover real North Carolina food.
Great pizza and Glenwood South anchor resturant.
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Mellow Mushroom Raleigh
601 W Peace St
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Great pizza and Glenwood South anchor resturant.
This is a great restaurant to experience North Carolina style seafood. If you don't want to eat in, they have a take out service that many enjoy.
Captain Stanley's Seafood
3333 S Wilmington St
This is a great restaurant to experience North Carolina style seafood. If you don't want to eat in, they have a take out service that many enjoy.
If you want to support local business and you love to support first responders, Barry's is the place to go. It is also one of the closer restaurants to the house. Breakfast and lunch only.
Barry's Cafe
2851 Jones Franklin Rd
If you want to support local business and you love to support first responders, Barry's is the place to go. It is also one of the closer restaurants to the house. Breakfast and lunch only.

Parks & Nature

This is the closest park to the house. It has good hiking trails around the pond and along the creek, a small museum space, and the mill has tours on some weekends. You can fish if you have a license. Pets are not allowed here so you should not encounter dogs.
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Historic Yates Mill County Park
4620 Lake Wheeler Rd
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This is the closest park to the house. It has good hiking trails around the pond and along the creek, a small museum space, and the mill has tours on some weekends. You can fish if you have a license. Pets are not allowed here so you should not encounter dogs.
Close and a good size lake to boat, fish, swim, picnic.
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Lake Wheeler
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Close and a good size lake to boat, fish, swim, picnic.
This park is connected the Raleigh Greenway system and has a paved trail going all around the east side of the lake. There are paddle boats, canoes, and kayaks to rent, fishing, feed the ducks, and picnic tables. This park can be very busy at times.
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Lake Johnson Park
4601 Avent Ferry Rd
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This park is connected the Raleigh Greenway system and has a paved trail going all around the east side of the lake. There are paddle boats, canoes, and kayaks to rent, fishing, feed the ducks, and picnic tables. This park can be very busy at times.
This is a very large state park with two major entrances. You can hike all day, boat on a lake, or picnic. Some trails are used for horseback riding and trail bike riding.
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Umstead park 40 entrance
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This is a very large state park with two major entrances. You can hike all day, boat on a lake, or picnic. Some trails are used for horseback riding and trail bike riding.
This is a great place to visit and see some unique landscape and trees in the area. Good hking trails if you like to experience a bit of steeper terrain.
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Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve
2616 Kildaire Farm Rd
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This is a great place to visit and see some unique landscape and trees in the area. Good hking trails if you like to experience a bit of steeper terrain.
This is a very large state park and recreation area with several swimming beaches, boating ramps, boats to rent, hiking, fishing, etc. Easy to get to from the house.
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Poplar Point Campground
558 Beaver Creek Rd
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This is a very large state park and recreation area with several swimming beaches, boating ramps, boats to rent, hiking, fishing, etc. Easy to get to from the house.

Sightseeing

The state capitol building surrvived the Civil War.
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North Carolina State Capitol
1 E Edenton St
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The state capitol building surrvived the Civil War.
Memorial Bell Tower and symbol of NC State University.
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NC State Memorial Bell Tower
2011 Hillsborough St
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Memorial Bell Tower and symbol of NC State University.

Arts & Culture

The main art museum of the state. Also connected to the Raleigh Greenway system with access to great paved trails.
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Museo de Arte de Carolina del Norte
2110 Blue Ridge Rd
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The main art museum of the state. Also connected to the Raleigh Greenway system with access to great paved trails.
This is a great natural science museum.
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Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Carolina del Norte
11 W Jones St
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This is a great natural science museum.
Our History Museum is a great place to learn more about our state.
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Museo de Historia de Carolina del Norte
5 E Edenton St
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Our History Museum is a great place to learn more about our state.
Shows and music are performed here, generally the Broadway type.
Performing Arts Center (R14) station
Shows and music are performed here, generally the Broadway type.
A top performing arts, theater, and music venue.
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DPAC - Durham Performing Arts Center
123 Vivian Street
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A top performing arts, theater, and music venue.

Essentials

This is the closest grocery store to the house, budget friendly, easy to get in and out by auto and easy to navigate inside due to the smaller size.
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Food Lion
3415 Avent Ferry Rd
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This is the closest grocery store to the house, budget friendly, easy to get in and out by auto and easy to navigate inside due to the smaller size.
Very close to the house and a bit more upscale, including a Starbucks inside.
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Harris Teeter
885 Walnut St
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Very close to the house and a bit more upscale, including a Starbucks inside.

Entertainment & Activities

One of the best cinemas in the area and it is close to the house.
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Regal Crossroads Stadium 20 & IMAX
501 Caitboo Ave
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One of the best cinemas in the area and it is close to the house.
This is the primary large indoor sports and entertainment area in the area. Home to Carolina Hurricanes Hockey (NHL) and NC State University Wolfpack Men's Basketball
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PNC Arena
1400 Edwards Mill Rd
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This is the primary large indoor sports and entertainment area in the area. Home to Carolina Hurricanes Hockey (NHL) and NC State University Wolfpack Men's Basketball
It's a bit of a drive to get to from the house, but not bad. If you enjoy baseball, are visiting during baseball season, and the Bulls are in for a home game you should go. One of the best minor league parks and well attended.
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Durham Bulls Athletic Park
409 Blackwell St
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It's a bit of a drive to get to from the house, but not bad. If you enjoy baseball, are visiting during baseball season, and the Bulls are in for a home game you should go. One of the best minor league parks and well attended.

Drinks & Nightlife

Raleigh's outdoor amphitheater located next to downtown and the convention center.
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Red Hat Amphitheater
500 S McDowell St
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Raleigh's outdoor amphitheater located next to downtown and the convention center.
Cary's outdoor amphitheater located on Regency Lake.
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Koka Booth Amphitheatre
8003 Regency Pkwy
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Cary's outdoor amphitheater located on Regency Lake.
This a large outdoor entertainment park that attracts some of the larger acts.
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Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
3801 Rock Quarry Rd
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This a large outdoor entertainment park that attracts some of the larger acts.