Travel & Lodging
We have reserved a limited number of rooms at the Drury Inn, located about 10 minutes away in Burlington.
For Reservations: CLICK HERE or call 1-800-325-0720 and reference the group number 10109806.
If you prefer to stay at an alternative hotel, here are some other options:
770 Huffman Mill Road
(800) 780-7234 or (336) 584-0151
Additional lodging options can be found here.
Airports
If you are flying in to participate in Design Forge, the two closest airports are Raleigh-Durham International Airport and the Piedmont Triad International Airport.
Transportation
Elon has reliable Uber and Lyft services year-round to navigate you to, from, and around Burlington, Greensboro, and Raleigh. Elon also offers a free bus service through the Elon Express, which has several routes around campus, the Town of Elon, and Burlington. Check out this page for more information about public transit at Elon.
Parking
We will provide you with a Parking Permit to print out and place on your dashboard for the duration of the event. This pass will allow you to park in any of the lots on campus for the event (i.e. any spaces that are open in the Elon Community Church lot, Oaks faculty, staff, visitor spaces, spaces along Lebanon, Innovation Quad or South Campus lots).
Avoid street parking, as this is monitored by the Town of Elon, seperate from the University.
Elon University Campus Safety and Police: 336-278-5555
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Things To Do
International Civil Rights Museum
Located in Greensboro, N.C., is an archival center, collecting museum and teaching facility devoted to the international struggle for civil and human rights. This national landmark and national site of conscience celebrates the nonviolent protests of the 1960 Greensboro sit-ins that served as a catalyst in the civil rights movement.
Suggested duration: 1-2 hours
Open Hours: Monday-Saturday 10AM – 6PM
Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
Free to all, the park stands as a refreshing means to educate and exercise. This park is an area draw for tourists as well as for locals given the expansive maintained and many paved trails available to enjoy. Monuments stand dedicated to the history makers as well as to those who sought to preserve the area’s significance. There is a small visitors center and preserved placard‘s along the trails to supply necessary info.
Tanger Family Bicentennial Garden
This 7.5-acre garden has a man-made re-circulating stream that provides texture, movement and sound. Features variety of sculpture placed throughout the garden. The garden is open year-round from sunrise to sunset. Admission is free.
Open Hours: 8AM – 8PM Monday-Sunday
Represent more than thirty extraordinary painters, sculptors and, on occasion, photographers from the US, Canada, England, France, Germany, Italy, China and Japan.
Open Hours: 12 – 6PM Tuesday-Saturday
Suggest Duration: < 1 hour
A little over 3 mile loop next to Lake Mackintosh. Moderate terrain with some roots, rocks and hills. Very clean and open view of the wooded area. The route takes on average about 56 minutes to complete.
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Admission is free. Located in Raleigh.
Open Hours: 10AM – 5PM Tuesday-Sunday
Four Seasons Town Centre is a three-story shopping mall in Greensboro, North Carolina.