Want to get out and explore Durham? Bucket list looking slim? Think you’ve done it all in Durham? If you answered “yes” to any of those questions, you’re in the right place.
As your Durham realtor, Katelyn Leanne Real Estate wanted to know: What Durham experience have you never tried but would like to? And boy, did you guys tell us.
Here are a few of our favorites:
Plan a staycation at The Durham, Unscripted, or 21c
Attend an after hours event at the Museum of Life and Science
Visit the Historic Parrish Street Forum and learn more about Black Wall Street
Do a coffee tasting at Counter Culture
Attend the Beaver Queen Pageant
And now… all the entries so you can steal a few ideas for your personal Durham bucket list.
Things to Do for Free
Take a behind the scenes tour of DPAC
Attend a children’s choir performance at Duke Chapel
Take a picture with Major the Bull
Go on a guided tour at the 21c Museum
Check out the championship trophies at Duke Basketball Hall of Fame
Do a coffee tasting at Counter Culture
Explore with the whole family at Ellerbe Creek Family Explorers Club
Take your pup to the Piney Wood dog park
Learn more about our city at the Museum of Durham History
Take a stroll in Duke Gardens
Strike a pose on the stage at Burch Avenue Park
Admire some of Durham’s street art
Swing in the hammocks at American Tobacco Campus
Hike at the Eno River State Park
Check out a tuba museum, V & E Simonetti’s Historic Tuba Collection
Take everyone to Family Day at Duke Homestead
See where ‘Bull Durham’ was filmed, Historic Durham Athletic Park and cheer on NCCU at a baseball game
Explore West Point on the Eno
Visit the Historic Parrish Street Forum and learn more about Black Wall Street
Volunteer at Durham Central Park
Play at one of Durham’s 65+ parks
Tour historic Bennett Place
Visit one of the largest plantations in NC, Stagville State Historic Site
Go on a Preservation Durham Tour
Ride your bike on American Tobacco Trail
Grab a book from a Free Little Library around town
Go on a Pony Bike Ride that ends at Ponysaurus Brewing
See a comedy show at Fullsteam: Bulltown Comedy Series (3rd Tuesday of every month)
Experience the Museum of Life and Science (Check out Durham County Residents Free day)
Check out a book from the Durham County Library
Food & Drink
Try a New Coffee Shop- Use our Ultimate Guide to 20+ Local Coffee Shops
Pick out some fresh fruit at Perkins Orchard
Indulge in brunch at Bull Street Gourmet & Market
Try some German-Style Bakery Treats at Guglhupf
See the sunset a rooftop bar, The Durham Hotel or Unscripted are a good starts
Tour the Durham Distillery
Spoil your fur baby and grab a beer at Barley Labs
Sip cocktails in an alley at Alley Twenty Six
Find a little bit of everything at Parker & Otis
Try some homemade ice cream at The Parlour
Dine at a Durham staple, Foster’s Market
Hang by the fire pit at Bull City Ciderworks
Eat dinner on a goat farm at Elodie Farms
Become an owner at Durham Co-Op Market
Snack on some churros & great coffee from Cocoa Cinnamon
Treat yourself at Early Bird Donuts
Taste some 65+ beers at Pour Taproom (Not at one time)
Drink some mead at Honeygirl Meadery
Grab some sushi at M Sushi
Check out the only indoor txotx in the United States at Black Twig Cider
Try the “Best Waffles on Earth” at Big C Waffles
Try a new donut at Monuts
Dine outdoors at Parts & Labor
Eat Italian food at Cucciolo Osteria
Pick up some local products at Bulldega
Grab a burger at Bull City Burger and take a tour of their brewery
Scroll through Brightleaf Square
Dine outdoors on Namu’s patio (Check out their new beer hall too!)
Explore Durham
Attend an after hours event at the Museum of Life and Science
See an American Dance Festival Performance- June 13-July 20
Plan a staycation at The Durham, Unscripted, or 21c
Attend the Beaver Queen Pageant
Get your sweat on at a new spot: check out some unique fitness studios in Durham here
Take the kids on a new adventure- see our guide to 35+ Things to Do with Kids around Durham
See the cherry blossoms bloom at Duke Gardens (The cherry blossoms usually bloom in the last week of March and the first two weeks of April)
See a film at Full Frame Documentary Film Festival– April 4-7
Check out a free event at MoogFest
Pick strawberries at Waller Family Farm-Picking starts around the last week of April, through May and into June.
Brunch it up at a new spot- here’s 11 Breakfast Spots to Try
Celebrate at the Festival for the Eno
Pick your own blueberries and blackberries at Herndon Hills Farm
Jam out at The Art of Cool Festival
Attend the World Beer Festival
See a Men’s Duke Basketball game at Cameron Stadium
Take a tour of the Duke Lemur Center
Also See: Durham’s Biggest Annual Events, Plus Something to Do Every Month
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