Area Guide
The Preserve Chapel Hill, NC
Ready your golf cart and head to the Preserve
The Preserve is a hilly, wooded neighborhood with large, elegant homes and an award-winning, 18-hole golf course. Located on Jordan Lake, residents also enjoy boating and fishing. The Jordan Lake Educational State Forest provides hiking and wildlife viewing. The Preserve, while peaceful, is still convenient to everything in the Triangle, including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, RDU Airport, and RTP.
The Preserve is quietly residential, and the only traffic jams here involve golf carts crossing the road. For shops and restaurants, head north along Chapel Hill Road to North Chatham Village and Chatham Crossing Shopping Center, which is home to a Lowes Foods, several restaurants, banks, and more.
Getting Around
Explore how walkable, bikeable, drivable, and transit-friendly The Preserve - Chapel Hill, NC is for everyday living.
Not Walkable
Walkability
Exceptionally Drivable
Drivability
Somewhat Bikeable
Bikeability
Daily Essentials
Essentials are more spread out in The Preserve - Chapel Hill, NC, so everyday errands require more planning.
No Supermarkets Within a 30 Minute Walk
Groceries
Limited Restaurant Variety Nearby
Restaurants
Few to No Café Options Nearby
Cafes
Few to No Shops Nearby
Shopping
Local Vibe
Get a sense of what it’s like to live in The Preserve - Chapel Hill, NC from everyday activity to noise and nightlife.
Few to No Nightlife Options Nearby
Nightlife
Not Noisy
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Points of Interest
Shopping Centers
Parks and Recreation
- Jordan Lake Educational Forest
- Jordan Lake State Recreation Area
- American Tobacco Trail
- New Hope Valley Railway
- North Carolina Botanical Garden
Military Bases
Airports
- Raleigh-Durham International
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† Our analysis of utilities, groceries, transportation, healthcare, home prices, and other goods and services is sourced from the Cost of Living Index, a respected benchmark published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) that provides a thorough overview of living expenses across different regions.
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Consumer goods, services, and home prices are sourced from the Cost of Living Index published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER). The data on this page is updated quarterly. It was last published in June 2026.
Demographic information comes from Neustar and combines detailed address data with U.S. Census and American Community Survey statistics to produce reliable local estimates.