Downing Glen is a large neighborhood in the northwestern part of Morrisville, North Carolina. It uses the ZIP code 27560, and it spans an area of 0.142 square miles.
Most Downing Glen homes have the same color and elevation with each home, featuring light-colored vinyl siding. A typical home features one car garage. These homes don’t look as fancy as with most planned communities, yet the neighborhood features attractive, tree-lined streets and large home sizes. It is considered one of the few communities with relatively insignificant crime records. The police station is also just a half-mile’s distance away from the center of the neighborhood for an additional feeling of safety and security.
Downing Glen’s borders include Valley Glen Drive on the north, Church Street, and Indian Branch Drive on the east, Star Magnolia Drive on the south, and Union Ridge Drive, and Town Hall Drive on the west. It also features a number of highways serving as its major thoroughfares, including McCrimmon Parkway, Davis Drive, Morrisville Carpenter Road, Airport Boulevard, Evans Road, Highway 54, Highway 55, and I-540.
Downing Glen has a diverse mix of permanent dwellers and more transient individuals and families. It is not uncommon to meet people outside their homes on family days and holidays, especially at the community pool area and the playground.
Residents are a few minutes away from the Lake Crabtree County Park, North Cary Park, the very popular William B. Umstead State Park, and Raleigh-Durham International Airport. They also have easy access to other area attractions such as the RBC Center, Koka Booth Amphitheatre, North Carolina Museum of History, Playspace Children’s Museum, and the North Carolina Museum of Art.
The nearby Duke University Medical Center and University of North Carolina Medical Center cater to the area’s medical needs.