Old Well

Chapel Hill, United States

4.6

5 reviews

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+1 919-962-5401
Address:
203 E Cameron Ave, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514
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750 ftRobertson Scholar Bus Stop
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5 reviews of Old Well

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Place rating: 3
Houston, TX
The UNC campus is beautiful and well worth exploring if you’re visiting Chapel Hill. And the Old Well is an important spot on campus and worth stopping at for a picture or two!
Place rating: 5
San Antonio, TX
Drinking from the Old Well at UNC = Spotting the Albino Squirrel at UT Austin… Good grades ftw!
I was visiting UNC for a residency interview and wanted to explore the beautiful campus. I had to visit the famous Old Well. Apparently you can actually drink from the well. But I also heard rival schools have a history of spiking the well, so I changed my mind: P. I am so envious of the greenery here. Cool well. Beautiful Campus.
Place rating: 5
Durham, NC
There is a water fountain in the center.
Place rating: 5
Brooklyn, NY
Iconic. Legendary. Thirst-​quenching. Snap a photo here, or line up for a drink for good luck. Everything begins and ends here. Or so I’m told.
Place rating: 5
Chapel Hill, NC
Apparently there is now an entry for the Old Well. I didn’t create it. No, seriously, I didn’t. Stop looking at me like that.
Anyways, The Old Well is a Carolina legend. At the beginning of each semester, students line up to drink from the fountain, hoping that it will lead to good grades. I don’t know how effective it is, but to each their own.
The area is incredibly beautiful in the spring, and pretty nice in the fall too. The news trucks also really like to set up here when they are doing UNC stories (such as before football games).
Basically the Old Well IS UNC. You should check it out, because it’s a cool well.