Getting to Shakori Hills

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Shakori Hills is just 20 minutes southwest of Chapel Hill, NC, near Silk Hope, and just a short drive north of Pittsboro, NC. It’s an easy trip from Raleigh, Durham and Greensboro, and well worth the drive from Charlotte, Asheville, Wilmington … pretty much anywhere you might be!

Getting Here

From Chapel Hill, NC and points northeast

  • Take US 15-501 South from Chapel Hill, past Cole Park Plaza, Fearrington Village, and Northwood High School

  • Shortly past Northwood High School, turn right onto the entrance ramp for Route 64 West

  • Take exit 381 for NC 87 North

  • Follow NC 87 North, and turn left onto Silk Hope Gum Springs Road. (There’s a yellow “Y�? road sign right before the turn.)

  • Just after you pass Emmaus Baptist Church on your right, turn right on Emerson Cook Road

  • Follow Emerson Cook until you reach a stop sign

  • Turn left at the stop sign onto Henderson-Tanyard Road

  • Shakori Hills is less than a mile on your left

From Raleigh, NC and points east

  • Take US 64 West toward Pittsboro

  • Take exit 381 for NC 87 North

  • Follow NC 87 North, and turn left onto Silk Hope Gum Springs Road. (There’s a yellow “Y�? road sign right before the turn.)

  • Just after you pass Emmaus Baptist Church on your right, turn right on Emerson Cook Road

  • Follow Emerson Cook until you reach a stop sign

  • Turn left at the stop sign onto Henderson-Tanyard Road

  • Shakori Hills is less than a mile on your left

From Greensboro, NC and points west (I-40)

  • From I-40 / I-85, take US 421 South to US 64

  • Take US 64 East, go over the Cape Fear River Basin, just past Wal-Mart, and take the next left on Silk Hope Rd.

  • Go straight on Silk Hope Rd for about 5 miles, go through the blinking yellow light in Silk Hope and take the next right on Epps Clark Rd. At the Stop Sign go straight and you’re now on Henderson Tanyard Rd. Shakori Hills is less than a mile on your right.