Park Directions

Directions

Piedmont Wildlife Center is located at 364 Leigh Farm Road in Durham, NC. This is immediately adjacent to the junction of NC 54 and Interstate 40, on the border of Durham and Orange counties.

Please Note: Directions into the park have changed due to construction of the main road into the park.  Construction is set to finish on July 21st, 2013.  Please use the back entrance into Leigh Farm Park, until otherwise noted.  Please look carefully at the new directions.

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Directions from Interstate-40 Eastbound

  • Take Exit 273, “NC 54 Durham.”
  • Turn left at the light at the end of the offramp, and cross over I-40.
  • Turn left at the second light (only a few hundred feet from the offramp). This is Leigh Farm Road – you will see a large sign for the “Palladian Place” office park.
  • Stay straight on this road.  You will take the second right into the Corporate Office Parking Lot.
  • Make your first left into the parking lot and park here.  Follow the signs and walk down the one-lane gravel road to our office.  It is approximately 1/3 of a mile from the parking lot to our office.
  • Follow the signs and directions on the map shown below.

Directions from Interstate-40 Westbound

  • Take Exit 273-B, “NC 54 Durham.”
  • Turn right at the light at the end of the offramp, and shift immediately over to the left turn lane.
  • Turn left at the next light (only a hundred feet from the offramp). This is Leigh Farm Road – you will see a large sign for the “Palladian Place” office park.
  • Stay straight on this road. You will take the second right into the Corporate Office Parking Lot.
  • Make your first left into the parking lot and park here.  Follow the signs and walk down the one-lane gravel road to our office.  It is approximately 1/3 of a mile from the parking lot to our office.
  • Follow the signs and directions on the map shown below.


Directions from NC 54, Chapel Hill area

  • Follow NC 54 East towards Durham.
  • Immediately past Falconbridge Shopping Center you will see signs for the junction with Interstate-40. Stay straight.
  • Cross Interstate-40 (there will be a traffic light for both Eastbound and Westbound traffic) and turn left at the next light. This is Leigh Farm Road – you will see a large sign for the “Palladian Place” office park.
  • Stay straight on this road. You will take the second right into the Corporate Office Parking Lot.
  • Make your first left into the parking lot and park here.  Follow the signs and walk down the one-lane gravel road to our office.  It is approximately 1/3 of a mile from the parking lot to our office.
  • Follow the signs and directions on the map shown below.

Directions from NC 54, Durham area

  • Follow NC-54 West towards Chapel Hill.
  • Cross over Rt 751 and continue to follow NC 54 West, a little over a mile.
  • At the next light, turn right. This is Leigh Farm Road – you will see a large sign for the “Palladian Place” office park.
  • Stay straight on this road. You will take the second right into the Corporate Office Parking Lot.
  • Make your first left into the parking lot and park here.  Follow the signs and walk down the one-lane gravel road to our office.  It is approximately 1/3 of a mile from the parking lot to our office.
  • Follow the signs and directions on the map shown below.

You can Mapquest or Google Map “364 Leigh Farm Road, Durham NC 27707″ and get pretty accurate directions. However, both services show a road called “Davis Drive” that does not actually exist. Ignore this. Leigh Farm Road continues well past the stump that both show, and goes into the woods (see dotted line below)

Note that when driving to the center, the one-lane road is a gravel road and cars may be traveling both ways. Please give right-a-way to on-coming cars, keeping towards the right. Please park in the parking lot near the corporate offices. 

If you have difficulties, call (919) 489-0900. Hope to see you soon!

Plant Guild Classes – Please park at the entrance of the park  near the sign posted Coyote Trail Parking.  Walk through the front entrance through the construction gate.  Plant guild begins at the house on the right (look for the Plant Guild sign.)  The class continues in different parts of the park as the group explores the flora.