Note:  NC 540 south of NC 54 is a toll road (The "Triangle Expressway").  As of 2019, the fee is $0.65 (for NC Quick Pass or E-ZPass) or $1.00 (for bill-by-mail based on your license plate) when travelling south from I-40 to NC 55.  If you travel one exit further to Green Level West Road (which should not be required, but your GPS may direct you that way), the fee is an additional $0.81 (or $1.25 for bill-by-mail).  If you want to avoid tolls entirely, get off at NC 54

Here are the locations as shown by Google Maps for USA Baseball, Thomas Brooks Park, and Net App. For the most accurate directions use those sites to plan your route.  A Parking Pass is required for parking (but not for runner drop-off) at the first two locations. (Not for 2021.)

  1. USA Baseball:  (Runner Drop-Off and Parking) Brooks Park Lane & Green Hope School Road, Cary, NC.  (Street address is 7445 Green Hope School Road, Cary, NC.  You can also use the address of 200 Brooks Park Lane, but that might direct you to the Thomas Brooks Park side.)
    DO NOT USE this address for the HALF MARATHON on Sunday, May 16, 2021.  This entrance will be closed.
  2. Thomas Brooks Park:  (Additional Parking a little further away from the start line) 9008 Green Level Church Road, Cary, NC.
    DO NOT USE this address for Runner Drop-Off, only for Parking.
  3. NetApp (Remote parking to catch shuttles):  7301 Kit Creek Road, Durham, NC
The Latitude/Longitude of the Start Line is approximately 35.798, -78.894--which is just northeast of the mark that Google Maps shows for "Tobacco Road Marathon":

USA Baseball

 

General Driving Directions to USA Baseball

From Cary:

  • Take High House Rd. towards Hwy. 55
  • Turn Right onto Hwy. 55
  • Drive to the next stop light, turn Left at the stop light onto Green Hope School Rd.
  • Drive approximately 1.5 miles, turn Left into USA Baseball

From Chapel Hill/Durham via Interstate 40:

  • Take I-40 east towards Raleigh
  • Take exit 278 for Hwy. 55 and go towards Apex
  • Drive approximately 7.5 miles, turn Right at the stop light onto Green Hope School Rd.
  • Drive approximately 1.5 miles, turn Left into USA Baseball 

From Pittsboro via US-64:

  • Take US-64 towards Raleigh
  • Take the Hwy. 55 exit towards Apex/Durham
  • Turn Left towards Durham
  • Drive approximately 4 miles, turn Left at the stop light onto Green Hope School Rd. 
  • Drive approximately 1.5 miles, turn Left into USA Baseball 

From Garner via US-70:

  • Take US-70 west towards Raleigh
  • Turn left onto the I-40 W ramp to I-440/US-64 W/Cary Durham/Farmers Market
  • Merge onto I-40/US-64 W
  • Take Exit 293A for US-1 South
  • Take exit 98B for US-64 W toward Pittsboro/Asheboro
  • Take the NC 55 exit towards Apex/Durham,
  • Turn Right onto Hwy. 55 towards Durham
  • Drive approximately 4 miles, turn Left at the stop light onto Green Hope School Rd. 
  • Drive approximately 1.5 miles, turn Left into USA Baseball

From North Raleigh via 540 (Note:  This route has a toll):

  • Take 540 west/south past I-40
  • Take exit 66A for NC 55 East towards Apex
  • Turn Left onto Hwy. 55
  • Turn Right onto Green Hope School Rd. 
  • Drive approximately 1.5 miles, turn left into USA Baseball
Note:  As you can can see, USA Baseball (upper right) and Thomas Brooks Park (lower left) are connected via a road "Brooks Park Lane" which is where the Start/Finish line is located.  You CANNOT drive between the two sides on race day.  If you have a Parking Pass, you will enter the area from either Green Hope School Road or Green Level Church Road.  If you care which side you park on, don't trust your GPS to get you to the correct side!  GPS directions seem to vary.  If you are being dropped off, please use the dropoff address of 7445 Green Hope School Road.
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