West Raleigh

Worth seeing in and around West Raleigh

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   North Carolina State University

   North Carolina State University is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1887 by the North Carolina General Assembly as an agricultural and mechanical college, it is the largest university in the Carolinas and a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina system.

   600 m · public research university in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Lenovo Center

   Lenovo Center is an indoor arena located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. The arena seats 18,547 for ice hockey and 19,367 for basketball, including 61 suites, 13 luxury boxes and 2,045 club level seats.

   5.5 km · indoor arena, located in Raleigh, North Carolina · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Q1459878

   The North Carolina Museum of Art is an art museum with a primary campus in Raleigh and a satellite campus in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It opened in 1956 as the first major museum collection in the country to be formed by state legislation and funding.

   4.4 km · state art museum in Raleigh, North Carolina · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Diocese of Raleigh

   The Diocese of Raleigh is a diocese of the Catholic Church that covers eastern North Carolina in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Atlanta.

   1.4 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States · Wikipedia
5. 05
   North Carolina State Capitol

   The North Carolina State Capitol is the former seat of the legislature of the U.S. state of North Carolina which housed all of the state's government until 1888. The Supreme Court and State Library moved into a separate building in 1888, and the General Assembly moved into the State Legislative Building in 1963.

   2.3 km · state capitol building of the U.S. state of North Carolina · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Carter–Finley Stadium

   Wayne Day Family Field at Carter–Finley Stadium is a college football stadium located in Raleigh, North Carolina. It has been home to the NC State Wolfpack football team of the Atlantic Coast Conference since 1966 and has a current seating capacity of 56,919 seats.

   5.2 km · stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral, Raleigh

   Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral that is the seat of the Diocese of Raleigh in Raleigh, North Carolina, in the United States. It replaced Sacred Heart Cathedral.

   1.2 km · church in North Carolina, United States · Wikipedia
8. 08
   North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

   The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is a natural history museum in Raleigh, North Carolina. The museum is the oldest in the state, and the largest natural history museum in the Southeastern United States.

   2.3 km · North Carolina’s state museum for science and nature, located in Raleigh · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Sacred Heart Cathedral

   Sacred Heart Church is a Catholic church located on Hillsborough Street in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. The church served as the cathedral of the Diocese of Raleigh from 1924 to 2017.

   2.1 km · cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raleigh · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Dorton Arena

    J. S. Dorton Arena is a 7,610-seat multi-purpose arena located in Raleigh, North Carolina, on the grounds of the North Carolina State Fair. It opened in 1952 as State Fair Arena.

    4.2 km · arena in Raleigh, North Carolina · Wikipedia

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Getting to West Raleigh

Airports

Raleigh-Durham (RDU), 15 km · Piedmont Triad (GSO), 120 km · Charlotte Douglas (CLT), 216 km

Stations

North Carolina State Fair station, 3.9 km

• Greensboro → West Raleigh

  106 km · quickest by road, 2h 16m · $10–13
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• Charlotte → West Raleigh

  207 km · quickest by road, 4h · $21–29
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• Richmond → West Raleigh

  224 km · quickest by road, 4h 3m · $20–28
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