How to track the monks’ Walk for Peace as they move through the Triangle
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- Reporters explain how to track 19 monks walking single file in Pittsboro.
- Public lines roads to offer flowers and fruit; monks accept then pass gifts.
- Monks paused to chant and loop a peace bracelet on a woman in a wheelchair.
As the Buddhist monks continue their Walk for Peace through North Carolina on their way to Washington, D.C., here are the best ways to track their movement and learn where you might see them.
The group of 19 monks passed through Pittsboro on Thursday, walking single file along the side of U.S. 64. Cars stretched for miles ahead of them as people lined the roadside to offer them flowers and fruit. Some lined the shoulder of the highway with rose petals to soften the monks’ path, The News & Observer reported. The monks accepted the gifts of flowers but passed them along to outstretched hands further down the road.
At one point, the monks stopped at a woman in a wheelchair, looped a bracelet of peace on her wrist and chanted as she wept.
As of Friday morning, Jan. 23, the monks were approaching Apex along U.S. 64.
The group started their 2,300-mile journey on Oct. 26, 2025, from the Huong Dao Vipassana Bhavana Center in Fort Worth, Texas. The walk to Washington to promote peace is expected to take about 120 days, ending in mid-February.
You can donate to their cause at zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/support-the-walk-for-peace-2300-miles-of-hope.
Where else in North Carolina will the monks walk?
The monks’ Walk for Peace website includes maps and more information about the group’s mission.
According to their overview map, their path is expected to take them through Cary, then southwest Raleigh, downtown Raleigh and east Raleigh, then taking a northward turn passing near Rolesville and Louisburg, then a sharper northward turn to pass near Warrenton on their way to Virginia.
How to see the monks in Raleigh
In Raleigh, the monks are estimated to start a public walk from N.C. State’s Poole Jr. All Faiths Chapel (1030 Richardson Dr., Raleigh, NC 27603) at 2 p.m. on Saturday and arrive at the NC State Capitol for a gathering at 3:30 p.m.
The timing and exact path of their journey could be impacted by the severe ice storm arriving in the state Saturday. North Carolina is currently under a state of emergency because of the storm.
Raleigh Police Lt. David Davis told The News & Observer that it’s best for people to try to see the monks during their visit to the Capitol, instead of on roadsides.
“We want to adhere to the state of emergency,” said Davis said. “We don’t want people just driving through Raleigh just to get to a location where they can see them. If you’re already downtown, if you can safely walk to the Capitol, that’s what we want people to do.”
The monks have vehicles in their convoy, and if people drive too closely to get a look at the monks it can cause vehicle accidents, he said.
You can view the live map at dhammacetiya.com/walk-for-peace/live-map and see the larger overview map at dhammacetiya.com/walk-for-peace/overview-map
In the case of the overview map, the green line is the estimated direction (not the actual route) and the orange icon represents their current location. You can see the actual route and planned stops in the Daily Live Map and in the nightly update posts on their Facebook page, facebook.com/walkforpeaceusa.
Staff writer Anna Roman contributed to this report.
This story was originally published January 23, 2026 at 11:25 AM.
