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Cornelius

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Cornelius

3 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
    Davidson College

    Davidson College is a private liberal arts college in Davidson, North Carolina, United States. It was established in 1837 by the Concord Presbytery and named after Revolutionary War general William Lee Davidson, who was killed at the nearby Battle of Cowan's Ford.

    2 km · American liberal arts college in Davidson, North Carolina, U.S.A. · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Eumenean Hall

    Eumenean Hall, Davidson College is a historic school building located on the campus of Davidson College at Davidson, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was built in 1849 to serve as the meeting place of the Eumenean Society, a literary and debating society.

    1.9 km · historic college building in Davidson, North Carolina · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Philanthropic Hall, Davidson College

    Philanthropic Hall, Davidson College is a historic school building located on the campus of Davidson College at Davidson, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was built by the Philanthropic Society, a literary and debating society.

    1.9 km · historic university building in Davidson, North Carolina · Wikipedia

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Getting to Cornelius

Airports
Charlotte Douglas (CLT), 31 km · Piedmont Triad (GSO), 108 km · Raleigh-Durham (RDU), 192 km
  • Greensboro → Cornelius
    116 km · quickest by road, 2h 28m · $11–15
  • Raleigh/Durham → Cornelius
    192 km · quickest by road, 3h 43m · $19–26
  • Myrtle Beach → Cornelius
    269 km · quickest by air, 4h 47m · $170–240
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Cornelius. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inIf you are in Charlotte and want to visit the town for a day trip, consider using the CATS Express buses that run from Uptown Charlotte to Davidson (take the 77X line).

From Wikivoyage: Davidson, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-03.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Fire IslandUS

    10 ways of moving, 18 sources

    886 km
  2. 02
    Vinalhaven and the Fox IslandsUS

    9 ways of moving, 13 sources

    1,398 km
  3. 03
    BacalarMX

    9 ways of moving, 41 sources

    2,010 km
  4. 04
    Caye CaulkerBZ

    9 ways of moving, 42 sources

    2,096 km
  5. 05
    FloresGT

    9 ways of moving, 32 sources

    2,248 km

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Next door to Cornelius

Cornelius is 29 km from Charlotte, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.