Greensboro, NC
City Information
City Stats:
Population: 235,262
Elevation: 770 feet above sea level
Land area: 118.97 square miles
Location: 78 miles W of Raleigh; 54 miles W of Durham; 48
miles W of Chapel Hill; 27 miles E of Winston-Salem; and 91 miles NE
of Charlotte
Time Zone: Eastern Standard Time. Daylight savings time is
observed from April-October.
National Holidays:
New Year's Day: Jan. 1
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: 3rd Mon. in Jan.
President's Day: 3rd Mon. in Feb.
Memorial Day: last Mon. in May
Independence Day: July 4
Labor Day: 1st Mon. in Sept.
Thanksgiving Day: 4th Thurs. in Nov.
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day: Dec. 24 and 25
New Year's Eve: Dec. 31
Getting There:
By Car:
Reach Greensboro from the east and southwest via I-85, from the west
via U.S. 40, and from the south via U.S. 220.
By Air:
Piedmont Triad International Airport
6415 Bryan Boulevard (off Highway 68N)
Greensboro, North Carolina 27409
By Bus:
Greyhound
501 W. Lee Street
Greensboro, North Carolina
By Train:
Amtrak
One northbound and one southbound train through Greensboro daily
Getting Around Town:
Greensboro Transit Authority or GTA
320 East Friendly Avenue
Greensboro, North Carolina 27401-2510
Fee charged for rides
GTA operates fixed-route buses for the city of Greensboro, including
service to North Carolina A&T State University, the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro and Guilford Technical Community
College. Express commuter service is available to the Piedmont Triad
International Airport area west of downtown. Park-and-ride facilities
are available.
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