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DIRECTIONS:  Do NOT trust Mapquest or your GPS unit up here in the mountains.  There is NO way to drive over the mountains from Highway 19  onto Henson Creek Road to connect up with Cane Creek Road unless you are on a mule.  You can put in the address of 3815 Cane Creek Road, Bakersville, NC 28705 to pull up a location however....stick to main roads please. 

 

PLEASE BE REMINDED THAT WE DO NOT ALLOW UNESCORTED VISITS....please do not come unless you have made prior arrangements or unless it is on a Saturday from noon until 6 pm when we have Open House at our Gift Shop.  The Gift Shop is open from May through the end of October or around the first week in November depending on weather.  Thank you.

From Asheville (or from Hickory area) 

(1)   I-40 to exit 86 and come north towards Marion.

Go  north on Hwy 221, thru the outskirts of Marion (Hwy 221 and 226 join) turn left onto Hwy 226 towards Spruce Pine,  taking another  right to keep on 226N (DON't take 226A). 

 Come up the mountain, and at the top, turn Right keeping on 226 North. Come up about another five miles, then turn left onto highway 19E.  Come up two stoplights, and turn right onto 226 N again towards Bakersville. 

Drive about another ten to fifteen minutes and you will be in Bakersville.  At the Exxon/Quick Mart, turn right onto Maple Avenue and come up to the end and turn right onto Cane Creek Road.

Come up 3.5 miles on Cane Creek.  We are at 3815 Cane Creek Road on the left.  You will see our large  sign saying The Wolf Sanctum, and our own road name, Wolf Crossing.  Turn left and follow the gravel drive up the hill, and take the first drive on the right where all the signs are to the Wolf Compound.

(2)  take 240 to Exit 4a  to the old 19/23 north exit towards Weaverville, Marshall and UNC.. This is now also called I-26 west towards Johnson City,  Tn.

Exit 9, turn right onto Hwy 19 towards Burnsville and Spruce Pine.   Yes folks, this is a long stretch of nothingness (and you'll see signs that say it's Hwy 19 or Hwy 19E) and currently there's road construction.   Drive about 1/2 hours and you'll hit Burnsville, so if you need a bathroom break, stop here.   Once you pass Burnsville, you're about 1/2 hour from us.

You'll see the Welcome to Mitchell County sign.  Drive about 2-3 miles to the first stoplight, and turn Left onto 226N.

 

Drive about another ten to fifteen minutes and you will be in Bakersville.  At the Exxon/Quick Mart, turn right onto Maple Avenue and come up to the end and turn right onto Cane Creek Road.

Come up 3.5 miles on Cane Creek.  We are at 3815 Cane Creek Road on the left.  You will see our large  sign saying The Wolf Sanctum, and our own road name, Wolf Crossing.  Turn left and follow the gravel drive up the hill, and take the first drive on the right where all the signs are to the Wolf Compound.

 

FROM BOONE, NC.

From Boone, Hwy 105, come east....at the second  Grandfather Mountain sign (the first big sign is at the Tynecastle Shopping area...go past this one) , turn right onto Mitchell Avenue.  Come up to the stoplight.  Turn left onto Hwy 221.   Follow 221 and turn right onto 194 S to Spruce Pine (this will be the second sign of Hwy 194...the first one takes you into Newland..DON'T TURN THERE!!!!).  This road is also called Three Mile Highway.  Go to the end.  Turn left onto Hwy 19, and go past the turn offs for Spruce Pine, and take Hwy 226 N to Bakersville (this is two stoplights past the Hwy 226 S turnoff).

Drive about another ten to fifteen minutes and you will be in Bakersville.  At the Exxon/Quick Mart, turn right onto Maple Avenue and come up to the end and turn right onto Cane Creek Road.

Come up 3.5 miles on Cane Creek.  We are at 3815 Cane Creek Road on the left.  You will see our large  sign saying The Wolf Sanctum, and our own road name, Wolf Crossing.  Turn left and follow the gravel drive up the hill, and take the first drive on the right where all the signs are to the Wolf Compound.

 

 

FROM  JOHNSON CITY (TRI-CITIES area) Tn:

Take I-26 towards Asheville.  Get off at Exit 23/Unicoi Road and turn left.  Go about .05 miles to the stopsign, and turn RIGHT onto Hwy 173 east.  Go .06 mile, and turn LEFT onto Hwy 107.   Follow 107 for about 10 miles and it becomes NC Highway 226.  Continue on Hwy 226 for another 16 miles.  You will come into Bakersville and there will be a blinking yellow light.  Turn RIGHT at this blinking light onto Crimson Laurel Way, which is also Hwy 226 going south.   Immediately take a LEFT at the stoplight onto North Mitchell/Cane Creek Road.  (Please note that there is no street sign at this intersection...but, there is only one stoplight in the entire town)  Come up 3.5 miles and you will see out sign on the left, and our road sign Wolf Crossing.

 

If none of the above fit your directional needs, e-mail or call us.