Difference between 辺り and 周り


My kanji study book lists:

辺り【あたり】 as "surroundings, neighborhood"

周り【まわり】 as "neighborhood, around"

I looked the words up in a few dictionaries, but I'm having a hard time
parsing the difference and usage of each. Could someone explain or give some
examples?




辺り refers to geographically nearby places (usually within a few meters to a
few hundred meters). Aの辺り includes both A and nearby places.

周り means "surrounding region/part/place" or "peripheral region". Aの周り refers
to A's surrounding areas, which does not include A itself. It can be used with
very large and small things.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3vWHf.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3vWHf.png)

Examples:

  * ディズニーランドの辺り around Disney Land; Disney Land and/or its surrounding areas
  * ディズニーランドの周り areas surrounding Disney Land (does not include Disney Land itself)
  * 辺りは森だ。 (tends to be used when you're in the middle of a forest)
  * 周りは森だ。 (tends to be used when you're in a comfortable building/town which is surrounded by a forest)
  * 地球は太陽の周りを回転している。  
The earth revolves around the sun.




辺り refers to geographically nearby places (usually within a few meters to a
few hundred meters). Aの辺り includes both A and nearby places.

周り means "surrounding region/part/place" or "peripheral region". Aの周り refers
to A's surrounding areas, which does not include A itself. It can be used with
very large and small things.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3vWHf.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3vWHf.png)

Examples:

  * ディズニーランドの辺り around Disney Land; Disney Land and/or its surrounding areas
  * ディズニーランドの周り areas surrounding Disney Land (does not include Disney Land itself)
  * 辺りは森だ。 (tends to be used when you're in the middle of a forest)
  * 周りは森だ。 (tends to be used when you're in a comfortable building/town which is surrounded by a forest)
  * 地球は太陽の周りを回転している。  
The earth revolves around the sun.

