Davidson
Worth seeing in and around Davidson
4 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.
- 01Davidson 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.
600 m · American liberal arts college in Davidson, North Carolina, U.S.A. · Wikipedia - 02Beaver Dam Plantation House
Beaver Dam Plantation House is a historic plantation house located near Davidson, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was built in 1829, and is a two-story, four-bay, single pile Federal style dwelling.
3.5 km · historic house in North Carolina, United States · Wikipedia - 03Eumenean 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.
800 m · historic college building in Davidson, North Carolina · Wikipedia - 04Philanthropic 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.
700 m · historic university building in Davidson, North Carolina · Wikipedia
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Getting to Davidson
- Airports
- Charlotte Douglas (CLT), 33 km · Piedmont Triad (GSO), 105 km · Raleigh-Durham (RDU), 190 km
- Greensboro → Davidson114 km · quickest by road, 2h 28m · $10–14
- Raleigh/Durham → Davidson246 km · quickest by road, 4h 43m · $25–34
- Myrtle Beach → Davidson269 km · quickest by air, 4h 53m · $170–250
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No local-transport research exists yet for Davidson
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 Davidson. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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).
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Next door to Davidson
Davidson is 31 km from Charlotte, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.