From Charlotte

From I-77 at Exit 16B/Sunset Road West Take 77 North to exit 16B, Sunset Road. Take a right on Beatties Ford Road. Go 5 miles. Take a left on Sample Road and head straight into Latta Plantation Nature Preserve. Carolina Raptor Center is .7 miles on your left.

From I-77 at Exit 18/WT Harris Blvd Take 77 North to exit 18, W.T. Harris Blvd. At the top of the exit ramp, take a left onto W.T. Harris Blvd. Go 1.6 miles. Take a left onto Mt.Holly-Huntersville Road. Go 1.3 miles. Turn right onto Beatties Ford Road. Go 1.6 miles. Turn left onto Sample Road and head straight into Latta Plantation Nature Preserve. Carolina Raptor Center is .7 miles on your left inside the preserve gate.

From Statesville, Winston-Salem

Take 77 South to exit 23, Gilead Road. At top of exit ramp, turn right onto Gilead Road. Go .6 miles. Turn left onto McCoy Road. Go 1.7 miles. Turn right onto Hambright Road. Go 1.7 miles. Turn left onto Beatties Ford Road. At open in stone wall. Turn right onto Sample Road and head straight into Latta Plantation Nature Preserve. Carolina Raptor Center is .7 miles on your left inside the preserve gate.

From Concord, Kannapolis, Salisbury

Take 85 South to West W.T. Harris Blvd exit. Stay on W.T. Harris approximately 9 miles until it dead-ends. Turn left onto Mount Holly-Huntersville Road and go about 1 mile. Turn right onto Beatties Ford Road, and go about 1 miles. Take a left on Sample Road and head straight into Latta Plantation Nature Preserve. Carolina Raptor Center is .7 miles on your left.

From UNC-Charlotte, Mint Hill

Take W.T. Harris Blvd. West (toward I-77) until it dead-ends. Turn left onto Mount Holly-Huntersville Road and go about 1 mile. Turn right onto Beatties Ford Road, and go about 1 miles. Take a left on Sample Road and head straight into Latta Plantation Nature Preserve. Carolina Raptor Center is .7 miles on your left.

From Monroe

Take Independence Blvd. West and turn right onto W.T. Harris Blvd. East. Take W.T. Harris Blvd. East until it dead-ends. Turn left onto Mount Holly-Huntersville Road and go about 1 mile. Turn right onto Beatties Ford Road, and go about 1 mile. Take a left on Sample Road and head straight into Latta Plantation Nature Preserve. Carolina Raptor Center is .7 miles on your left.

From Mount Holly

Take Highway 27 South and turn left onto Mount Holly-Huntersville Road. Stay on this road (you'll pass Highway 16) until you come to the stop light at Beatties Ford Road. Turn left onto Beatties Ford Road, and go about 1 mile. Take a left on Sample Road and head straight into Latta Plantation Nature Preserve. Carolina Raptor Center is .7 miles on your left.

From Gastonia

Take 85 North to the Beatties Ford Road exit. Turn left onto Beatties Ford Road, and go about 8 miles. Turn left onto Sample Road and head straight into Latta Plantation Nature Preserve. Carolina Raptor Center is .7 miles on your left.