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Facilities

Rams Head Recreation Center

  • Cardiovascular and weight training equipment
  • Kettlebells and Battle Ropes from Kettlebell Kings 
  • 3 basketball courts
  • Indoor track
  • Indoor climbing wall
  • Locker rooms
  • Multipurpose room with hardwood floors – site of our Mind/Body Group Fitness classes
  • ADA accessible
  • Gender-neutral restroom

PHONE

(919) 962-7472 – Rams Head Front Desk

(919) 843-7529 – Campus Rec Main Office

DIRECTIONS

 340 Ridge Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27599

From I-40:

  • From I-40 West take exit 273-A and from I-40 East take exit 273. The exit ramp loops on to NC Highway 54 towards Chapel Hill.
  • You will pass under a four-lane bridge and begin to climb a steep hill.
  • At the traffic light make a left onto Country Club Road.
  • Make the first left off of Country Club Road onto Ridge Road.
  • Rams Head Recreation Center will be at the top of level of the parking deck on your right, just past the intersection of Ridge Road and Stadium Drive.

From Northern Durham:

  • Take US 15-501 South (also known as Durham/Chapel Hill Boulevard) to Chapel Hill.
  • Near the edge of town the road splits into Fordham Boulevard (to the left) and Franklin Street (to the right). Follow the left lanes onto Fordham Boulevard (also known as 54/15-501 bypass).
  • You will pass through four traffic lights; as you approach the fifth traffic light, look for the green sign indicating UNC to the right (the sixth traffic light is at the exit ramp.)
  • Exit before the bridge; the ramp feeds into a lane which climbs a steep hill.
  • At the traffic light at the top of the hill, make a left onto Country Club Road.
  • Make the first left off of Country Club Road onto Ridge Road.
  • Rams Head Recreation Center will be at the top of level of the parking deck on your right, just past the intersection of Ridge Road and Stadium Drive.

From Fearrington Village, Pittsboro, and points South:

  • Take US 15-501 North to Chapel Hill.
  • As you enter Chapel Hill, you will come to a bridge over Fordham Boulevard (also known as 54/15-501 Bypass).
  • Take the exit ramp to the right (before the bridge) onto Fordham Boulevard.
  • Take the second highway 54 exit ramp on to 54 West (just over the bridge).
  • At the traffic light at the top of the hill, make a left onto Country Club Road.
  • Make the first left off of Country Club Road onto Ridge Road.
  • Rams Head Recreation Center will be at the top of level of the parking deck on your right, just past the intersection of Ridge Road and Stadium Drive.

From Downtown Chapel Hill:

  • From the intersection of Franklin and Columbia Streets take Columbia Street south towards the UNC-CH campus.
  • At the second stoplight turn right onto West Cameron Avenue.
  • At the next stoplight, make a left onto Pittsboro Street.
  • You will pass the Carolina Inn. At the next stoplight, make a left onto McCauley Street
  • At the next stoplight, keep straight onto South Road.
  • Go through 2 stoplights, and then you will pass the Bell Tower. Make the next right onto Stadium Drive.
  • At the stop sign at the end of Stadium Drive, make a right onto Ridge Road.
  • Rams Head Recreation Center will be at the top of level of the parking deck on your right, just past the intersection of Ridge Road and Stadium Drive.