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About Butner, NC

Butner is a small North Carolina city about 25 miles northeast of Durham, accessible via I-85 Exit 191 and NC Highway 56. The area features rolling Piedmont countryside and serves as a bedroom community for Triangle commuters. Most visitors arrive from the Durham-Raleigh area via I-85, though US Highway 15 provides an alternative north-south route. The city is notable for housing a major federal prison complex that originated as a World War II Army training camp.

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Butner, NC is in United States, at 36.129, -78.750 - about 28 km south-west of Oxford, NC.

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The closest airport to Butner, NC is Raleigh-Durham International Airport, 38 km (about 33 min by car).

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