The park is 7,000 acres (28 km²) situated in a pineforest with approximately 1,100 acres (4.5 km²) for development. As of the early 2000s, more than 100 R&D facilities exist at RTP with some 38,500 employees. The park is next to Interstate 40 and the Durham Freeway.
Companies and institutions in or near the Research Triangle Park
Brevard and Transylvania Counties in western NorthCarolina have the largest concentration of waterfalls with Whitewater Falls in Transylvania County being the highest in the eastern United States.
The University of NorthCarolina at Chapel Hill is the oldest state university in the United States establishing its charter in 1789.
ResearchTrianglePark (RTP) is the largest researchpark in the world, and it is located near Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, in the ResearchTriangle region of NorthCarolina.
It is one of the most prominent high-techresearch and development centers in the United States and has been compared to Silicon Valley.
The park is 7,000 acres (28 km²) situated in a pine forest with approximately 1,100 acres (4.5 km²) for development.