Directions to Hinton Rural Life Center, Hayesville, NC

From the North (Knoxville, Asheville, Waynesville/Lake Junaluska):
[Travel time from Waynesville/Lake Junaluska is about 1 1/2 hours]

* Follow I-40 (East or West) to exit 27 (signs will indicate 74W, to 19, to 23, and to Waynesville)
* Follow US 23 South/74 West towards Waynesville (stay in left two lanes)
* Continue on through the Waynesville exits (you will pass a rest area on your left) and Sylva exits
* Take exit 81 (sign will indicate Dillsboro, Franklin, Atlanta) and follow 23 South (also 441S and 64W)
* Go through stop light in Dillsboro and continue 16 miles to Franklin (you’ll pass “Gold City” on right)
* In Franklin you will go through 4 stop lights, but do not leave highway; the road will become US 64 West in Franklin
* Follow US 64 West over the mountains (about 32 miles) towards Hayesville
* If using GPS, do not follow instructions to turn left on Lakeview Drive. After passing Lakeview Drive your GPS should re-set and guide you to continue further on US 64 West
* Turn left at Hinton Center Road (If you pass through a stoplight, you have missed Hinton Center Road)
* Go straight at the stop sign (Oak Forest UMC on right); road ends in Hinton’s parking lot

From the South (Atlanta, Hartsfield International Airport):
[Travel time from airport 2 1/2 to 3 hours depending on traffic]

* Follow I-75 North through downtown (or follow 285 around Atlanta and take exit 14 onto I-75 N)
* Go about 9.5 miles and take exit #268 onto I-575 North towards Canton and Woodstock
* Follow I-575 through Marietta, Woodstock, and Canton
* I-575 will turn into GA 515 North (Zell Miller Mountain Parkway)
* Follow 515N through Jasper, Ellijay, Blue Ridge, Blairsville, and Young Harris (there are no turns during this time)
* About 3.3 miles past Young Harris, turn left at the first light (GA 17/515)
* Go 4.5 miles (you will cross the NC state line and the road becomes NC 69) and turn right at the first stop light, which is US 64 E bypass
* Go about 1 more mile (you will pass through another stop light and over a bridge)
* At the 3rd street on the right past the bridge, turn right onto Hinton Center Road
* Go straight at the stop sign (Oak Forest UMC on right); road ends in Hinton’s parking lot

From Chattanooga:
[Travel time from Chattanooga is about 2 hours]

* Follow I-75 North to the Highway 64 Bypass just south of Cleveland
* Follow 64 Bypass around Cleveland and take 64 East as it exits toward Ocoee and Copperhill, TN
     (you’ll go through the Ocoee River gorge)
* Continue on 64E to Murphy, NC
* Turn right at second stop light in Murphy just across bridge and follow 64 East toward Hayesville
* Go about 14 miles to the first traffic light in Hayesville (do not turn at Hayesville Business sign)
* Continue straight at the stoplight for about one more mile (through another stoplight, over bridge)
* At the 3rd street on the right past the bridge, turn right onto Hinton Center Road
* Go straight through the stop sign (Oak Forest UMC on right); road ends in Hinton’s parking lot

From Western SC (Anderson area):
[Travel time from Anderson is about 2 hours]

* Follow US 76 west through Clemson, Seneca, Westminster, and Clayton to Hiawassee, GA
* Turn right onto GA 75 at traffic light at McDonald’s in Hiawassee
* Follow that road about 9 miles (it becomes NC175), turning left just over a bridge as indicated, toward US 64
* At US 64, turn left toward Hayesville
* If using GPS, do not follow instructions to turn left on Lakeview Drive. After passing Lakeview Drive your GPS should re-set and guide you to continue further on US 64 West
* Turn left at Hinton Center Road (If you pass through a stoplight, you have missed Hinton Center Road
* Go straight at the stop sign (Oak Forest UMC on right); road ends in Hinton’s parking lot