Directions to the Display Gardens and Totten Center
We currently have two points of access and two parking areas. This is a temporary situation, until the new parking area associated with the Education Center is completed. Please check this area of our website for updates before you come visit, or call us at 919-962-0522. For driving directions, continue reading below. PARKING MAP.
Please Note: Our street address is 100 Old Mason Farm Road.
From Interstate 40
If you are traveling West (from Raleigh), take Exit 273A, and turn onto Hwy 54 West toward Chapel Hill (also called Raleigh Rd). Go 2.9 miles to the right-hand ramp to Fordham Blvd. SOUTH (also labeled as US 15-501S/NC 54W). Turn Right onto Fordham Blvd. (traffic light). Next, see "From Fordham Blvd." directions, below . . .
If you are traveling East (from Greensboro/ Burlington), take Exit 270 to US 15-501 South. Turn Right onto US 15-501 South and continue into Chapel Hill. It is 4.4 miles to the traffic light at Old Mason Farm Rd,, where you turn Left (this is the first traffic light after NC 54 merges with US 15-501). See next paragraph: "From Fordham Blvd."
From Fordham Blvd.:
Traveling South: Turn Left at the traffic light at Old Mason Farm Road. Parking lot entrance is almost immediately on your RIGHT. There are 11 parking spaces in this lot. From there, follow signs for walking to the Display Gardens & Totten Center and Nature Trails. If this lot is full, please go back out to Fordham Blvd. Turn Left and go to next traffic light. Turn Left there. The street soon merges with Coker Drive (coming in on your right). Make your first left into driveway (former Laurel Hill Rd) for NCBG staff entrance. There is parking along both sides of the road on gravel.
From the West or South on NC 54 (from Carrboro) or
US 15-501 (from Pittsboro)
Continue onto Fordham Blvd. (US 15-501 merges with NC 54). Turn Right at the Manning Drive traffic light. The street soon merges with Coker Drive (coming in on your right). Make your first Left into the driveway (former Laurel Hill Road) for NCBG staff entrance. There is parking along both sides of the road on gravel.
Parking and Map
As stated at the top of this page, parking for the Display Gardens & Totten Center and the Piedmont Nature Trails is temporarily available in two locations. Please see our updated PARKING MAP. The map indicates disabled-accessible parking, but please also read the sidebar at right.
For directions/parking for our other public areas—Battle Park, Coker Arboretum, and Mason Farm Biological Reserve—please see the web pages for these areas.
GPS Navigation Instructions
Please note that our street address is 100 Old Mason Farm Road.
Last updated by Laura Cotterman on May 13, 2009 at 01:48:11 pm.
