Directions to the Hinton Rural Life Center

From the North (Knoxville, Asheville, Waynesville/Lake Junaluska):
(Travel time from Waynesville/Lake Junaluska area 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 2 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
• Turn left at Hinton Center Road (If you pass through a stoplight, you have missed Hinton Center Road –
• watch for large white Goldhagen Art Glass sign on the left)
• 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
• (watch for large white Goldhagen Art Glass sign on right)
• 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 (watch for large white
• Goldhagen Art Glass sign on right)
• 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
• After another 2–3 miles, turn left at Hinton Center Road (If you pass through a stoplight, you have missed
• Hinton Center Road – watch for large white Goldhagen Art Glass sign on the left)
• Go straight at the stop sign (Oak Forest UMC on right); road ends in Hinton’s parking lot.