Location

Cedar Cross Retreat Center is situated in rural Franklin County halfway between US-1 and US-401.  It takes about one hour to get here from downtown Raleigh or Durham. 

Please follow the appropriate set of directions below that matches your starting location. Click for printer-friendly directions.

FROM CARY, NORTHWEST RALEIGH
• Take I-540 E
• Exit onto US-1 North, pass Wake Forest, then Franklinton, and go 9 more miles to Kittrell.
• At Kittrell, just after divider in road ends, watch for Kittrell Grocery on left
• Turn Right onto Main St, cross RR tracks, go 3 miles to Bobbitt intersection
• Turn Right onto Bobbitt Rd and go only 2 tenths mile
• Turn Left (sign says Rocky Ford) and go 3 miles to Rocky Ford
• Turn Left on Epsom-Rocky Ford Rd and go only 1 tenth mile
• Turn Right on Cedar Cross Way (look for small green street sign)
• (We share this driveway with folks in the blue double wide)
• Follow drive straight back 1/2 mile (may feel like more) to the Lodge

FROM SOUTH OR EAST SIDES OF RALEIGH
(Note: For those coming from East Raleigh, Garner, Fuquay, Clayton, etc. this is longer but more pleasant than coming via 401.)
• Take US 64 East from Raleigh, passing by Wendell and Zebulon.
• Take NC 39 North (Exit 439) through Bunn to Louisburg
• At Louisburg, turn Right with 39, joining 401 North
• Continue north 6 miles on 39/401 to Ingleside
• Continue straight on NC 39 when US 401 turns right here
• Continue on 39 for only 2 tenths mile
• Turn Left on Rocky Ford Rd,
• Continue 3 miles to the Rocky Ford intersection
• (look for Melvin's Market, a small, closed, convenience store, on the right)
• Turn Right on Epsom-Rocky Ford Rd and go only 1 tenth mile
• Turn Right at Cedar Cross Way (look for small green street sign).
• (We share this driveway with folks in the blue double wide)
• Follow drive straight back 1/2 mile (may feel like more) to the Lodge

• FROM DURHAM & CHAPEL HILL (Takes 1 hour from downtown Durham)
• Take I-85 North to Henderson
• Take Exit 214 onto NC 39 South, turning right, go through town and cross US 1
• Continue 7 miles to Epsom (road widens to 4 lanes)
• Turn Right on Epsom-Rocky Ford Rd (convenience store at corner)
• Go 3 miles, pass Joe Ward Rd, road curves to right, pass trailers on left
• Turn Left at Cedar Cross Way (look for small green street sign)
• (We share driveway with folks in blue double wide)
• Follow drive straight back 1/2 mile to Lodge
• (If you get to Melvin's Market and Rocky Ford Rd, turn around & come back 1/10 mile)

• FROM VIRGINIA (& HENDERSON, 20 minutes)
• Take I-85 South to Henderson
• Exit 218 onto US 1 (Raleigh) left lane exit, go to 3rd exit, about 3 miles
• Exit onto NC 39 (Henderson), top of ramp, turn left
• Continue on NC 39 for 7 miles to Epsom (road widens to 4 lanes)
• Turn Right on Epsom-Rocky Ford Rd (convenience store at corner)
• Go 3 miles, pass Joe Ward Rd, road curves to right, pass trailers on left
• Turn Left at Cedar Cross Way (look for small green street sign)
• (We share driveway with folks in blue double wide)
• Follow drive straight back 1/2 mile to Lodge
• (If you get to Melvin's Market and Rocky Ford Rd, turn around & come back 1/10 mile)

• FROM ROCKY MOUNT & POINTS EAST
• Take US-64 West
• Take NC 39 North (Exit 439) through Bunn to Louisburg
• At Louisburg, turn Right with 39, joining 401 North
• Continue north 6 miles on 39/401 to Ingleside
• Continue straight on NC 39 when US 401 turns right here
• Continue on 39 for only 2 tenths mile
• Turn Left on Rocky Ford Rd,
• Continue 3 miles to the Rocky Ford intersection
• (look for Melvin's Market, a small, closed, convenience store, on the right)
• Turn Right on Epsom-Rocky Ford Rd and go only 1 tenth mile
• Turn Right at Cedar Cross Way (look for small green street sign).
• (We share this driveway with folks in the blue double wide)
• Follow drive straight back 1/2 mile (may feel like more) to the Lodge

Updated: February 2012