Downtown Greensboro, North Carolina
Local information
Downtown Greensboro is a 5 minute walk away, where you can enjoy:
- Many restaurants, from fine dining to sports bars to casual carry out
- Coffee shops
- Night clubs, pubs and various bars
- Live theaters and a 1920s grand old movie house
- Lots of shopping for antiques
- A range of interesting boutiques
- Our baseball stadium which is only 1 mile away - an easy 20 minute walk
If you need to take advantage of public transportation, our train and bus stations are only a 10 minute walk away.
In only 45 minutes driving time you can be hiking at Hanging Rock State Park or tubing on the Dan River. Fifteen minutes north of us are cross country mountain bike and hiking trails.
General links
- City of Greensboro: greensboro-nc.gov
- DGI (Downtown Greensboro Inc): downtowngreensboro.net/
- Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro: cfgg.org
- Preservation Greensboro Incorporated: blandwood.org
- Greensboro Beautiful: greensborobeautiful.org
Colleges
Greensboro is a college town and we are located a 10 minute walk from Bennett College, a 10 minute drive to NC A&T University and a 5 minute drive to both Greensboro College and UNCG.
- UNCG: uncg.edu
- Bennett College: bennett.edu
- Greensboro College: greensborocollege.edu
- North Carolina A & T: ncat.edu
Wineries
Half way between the mountains and the sea, Greensboro is the place to be! Enjoy wine tastings and the entire wine experience? There are seven wineries within a 90 minute drive of Greensboro, featuring simple tastings to live music and fine restaurants. We can help you plot out a wine tour, if you like.
Date: Jul 30, 2010