If you are driving to the Atlanta airport or to training camp:
On January 21, if driving to the Atlanta airport you should arrive between 11AM and 3PM, if driving to Gainesville you are to arrive between 4-5PM.
If your Parents need to stay overnight we suggest the Hampton Inn in Gainesville. Of course, if you find a better rate somewhere else, feel free to go there. The phone number is 770-503-0300 or 1-800-HAMPTON. The address is: 450 Jesse Jewell Parkway, Gainesville
If you are flying into the Atlanta Airport :
MEETING AT THE AIRPORT, January 21, 2008 When you fly into the airport you are to meet in the Atrium, located right outside security. It is a huge gathering room with lots of sofas, food court etc. We will be there to meet you . Look for us in our Aim t-shirts and big smiles 🙂 .
Directions to Adventures In Missions’ Gainesville, Georgia Headquarters
From Atlanta, Hartsfield Atlanta Airport and the South:
Take the Connector (I-75/I-85) northbound until the two interstates split just north of Midtown. Though I-85 heads northeast and would appear to split off to the right, be cautioned: I-85 is a left exit and only the left three lanes will take you there safely! Stay northbound on I-85. You willl pass under the Perimeter (I-285) at Spaghetti Junction. Continue northward on I-85 until you reach exit 113, which is the beginning of I-985. Take I-985 (also a left exit) northbound for 24 miles until you reach exit 24. Exit there. Take a left at the end of the exit ramp, towards downtown Gainesville. You are on U.S. Hwy 129. It takes just under an hour from downtown to get to this point.
Continue north on Hwy 129 (you will turn right about a mile from the interstate and another right at a T in the road). You will cross over Lake Lanier at two points: the Chattahoochee River fork and the Little River fork. A few miles beyond the second bridge you will come to a traffic light. You will take a right at the light onto Nopone Road
. Follow Nopone for 1 mile to Bogus Road
; turn left onto Bogus. You will see our sign about a mile in on the left hand side (but you won’t see a building). Turn left into our driveway and you will come to our building.
From Greenville/Charlotte and the Eastern Seaboard:
Take I-85 southbound from Greenville/Spartanburg until you cross the Georgia state line at Hartwell Lake. Continue southward until you reach exit 137 ( Gainesville/ Jefferson). Exit there, turning right at the end of the ramp, towards Gainesville. You are on U.S. Hwy 129. Travel for about 17 miles until you cross over I-985, then follow the instructions in the second paragraph above.
From Chattanooga/Nashville and the Midwest or Appalachia:
Take I-75 (or I-24) southbound from Chattanooga until you cross the Georgia state line. Continue southward on I-75 until you reach exit 312, which is State Hwy 53. Go east on 53, being careful to stay on 53 as it goes through some small towns and makes a few turns. After going through the town of Dawsonville you will come to a major intersection with GA 400. Go north (left) on 400 to the very next traffic light and turn right on Harmony Church Rd. You will come to a stop sign a the jct. of 136 ( Price Rd.
). Turn right on 136. Travel on 136 for about 10 miles and it will end at Rt. 60. Make a right on 60 ( Thompson Br. Rd.
) and then a left at the very next light which is 283 ( Mt. Vernon Rd.
). Take 283 to the first stop sign and turn right on Jim Hood Rd.
After a few miles you will come to a light – US 129. Go straight and the road becomes Nopone Rd.
Go about a mile and turn left at the top of a hill on Bogus Rd.
Go a mile on Bogus and you will see the sign for Adventures in Missions on the left. Turn there and follow the road to the end and you have arrived. Note: This was is 2 lane, windy road and is about 80 miles across, taking about 2 hours from the I-75 exit.
Alternate Route via interstate. Take I-75 south to I-285 and go east on I-285 to I-85. Go north on I-85 to exit 113, I-985. Take I-985 north to exit 24, US 129. You can then follow the directions above in coming from Atlanta. Note: This way is much longer mileage wise and sometimes much longer time wise, depending on the time of day and the Atlanta area traffic. But it’s all interstate until you get to 129 (the last 10 miles).
