Asheboro, North Carolina, situated 70 mi/112 km west of Raleigh, is home to the North Carolina Zoological Park, said to be the world's largest natural-habitat zoo.
Asheboro is located in the heart of the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina. It is about 90 mi/145 km east of the Blue Ridge Mountains and about 200 mi/320 km west of the Atlantic Ocean. For more information about the area, visit http://www.visitrandolphcounty.com.