Ideally located three hours from the Atlantic coast and three hours from the mountains, Chapel Hill, NC offers a mild, four-season climate, beautiful landscapes and an abundance of outdoor recreation. It also boasts a vibrant intellectual and cultural scene, which grows from the community’s close relationship with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The oldest state university in the United States, UNC and its world-class hospitals are the area’s largest employers, an important part of a stable economic climate and its link to the famous Research Triangle that also comprises Raleigh and Durham.