Map of Chapel Hill, United States

Chapel Hill is a city in North Carolina, United States, with a population of about 59,568. It lies at 35.9132°N, 79.0558°W, about 148 m above sea level. Chapel Hill is about 376 km (234 mi) southwest of Washington, D.C., the capital. The nearest city on our map is Durham, 17 km to the northeast.

Chapel Hill at a glance

Where is Chapel Hill?

• The 15th largest city in North Carolina on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 43 min on the shortest day to 14 h 36 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Chapel Hill

• Durham — 17 km northeast
• Apex — 27 km southeast
• Cary — 28 km southeast
• Burlington — 40 km northwest
• Raleigh — 41 km southeast
• Wake Forest — 50 km east
• Greensboro — 69 km west
• Danville — 81 km north
• High Point — 86 km west
• Fayetteville — 97 km south

Largest cities in North Carolina

• Charlotte — 911,311
• Raleigh — 482,295
• Greensboro — 285,342
• Durham — 257,636
• Winston-Salem — 241,218
• Fayetteville — 201,963
• Cary — 159,769
• Wilmington — 115,933
• High Point — 110,268
• Asheville — 95,056

Largest cities in United States

• New York City — 8,804,190
• Los Angeles — 3,820,914
• Brooklyn — 2,736,074
• Chicago — 2,664,452
• Queens — 2,316,841
• Houston — 2,314,157
• Phoenix — 1,650,070
• Philadelphia — 1,573,916
• San Antonio — 1,526,656
• Manhattan — 1,487,536

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.