Neighborhood

The Amesbury has more perks than just our great amenities, awesome apartments and super rates. One of the great advantages of The Amesbury is our location. The nearby community of colleges/universities, commerce, and nightlife brings you big city entertainment, sports, and the arts with one of the quickest accesses possible (about 2 miles) to get to the interstate – just in case you do want to get out of this awesome town.

Some of our residents’ and staff’s favorite locales are:

Entertainment

For theater plays:

• Triad Stage-Greensboro’s downtown theater
• Open Space Theater (an up & coming off Broadway theater)

Music clubs:

• The Blind Tiger
• Greene Street
• N Club
• Flat Iron
• Green Bean Coffee
• Renaissance Jazz Cafe
• Inferno

Other music venues in and around Greensboro:

• Symphony
• Eastern Music Festival-A variety of music, from classical to Indie-rock
• MerleFest-Americana Music & Bluegrass festival

Movie Theaters:

• Carousel-You’ll find some great independent and foreign movies here, as well as big blockbusters
• Regal Grande@Friendly Center
• Eden Drive-in-A short drive away, but worth it

Sports

• Greensboro Grasshoppers-Baseball
• Carolina Dynamo-Soccer
• Carolina Hurricanes-NHL
• Carolina Panthers-NFL

Recreation (Lakes, Parks, Boating)

In town:

• Battleground Military Park
• Bark Park
• Botanical Gardens
• Country Park

Just outside of town:

• Bur-Mil Park-Great for mountain biking, hiking, and trail running
• Belew’s Lake

Around an hour from town:

• Hanging Rock-Great for hiking, camping, swimming, trail running, and even rock climbing
• Pilot Mountain-Perfect location to hike, camp, or swim.