Driving Directions for
The Childress Churches of Carroll and Neighboring Counties

 
Begin at the Old Historic Courthouse, Main Street, Hillsville, VA.
Go 8.3 miles, SOUTH on Route 52 = Main Street.
Note enroute, 4.5-5.0 miles, Buffalo Mountain itself, in distance off left.
Note enroute, 6.3 miles, Sidna Allen House, on left.
At Blue Ridge Parkway, bear right off route 52, onto Parkway entrance ramp.
Turn left = north onto Blue Ridge Parkway
Go 7.8 miles (16.1 total) Turn right on lane, near Mile Post No.192

BLUEMONT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
S.S 9:30 AM WORSHIP 10:15 AM
Retrace and continue north on Blue Ridge Parkway
Go 11.8 miles (27.9 total) Turn right on Route 634 = Hurricane Ridge Road
Go 0.1 mile (28.0 total) Turn left on Mayberry Church Road
Go 0.2 mile (28.2 total) near Mile Post No.180

MAYBERRY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
WORSHIP 9 AM
Go 0.1 mile (28.3 total) Turn left on Maple Swamp Road
Turn immediate right onto Blue Ridge Parkway, North
Go 6.2 miles (34.5 total) Turn right on Route 768 = Woodberry Road
Note enroute, pass Mabry Mill Historic Site
Go 0.8 mile (35.3 total) Turn left on Route 726 = Rock Church Road
Go 0.2 mile (35.5 total)

SLATE MOUNTAIN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
S.S. 9:15 AM WORSHIP 10 AM
Retrace Routes 726 and 758 to Blue Ridge Parkway, ie. 1 mile.
Turn LEFT = SOUTH on Blue Ridge Parkway, back toward Mabry Mill
Go only 0.1 mile (36.7 total) Turn immediate right on Route 758 = Buffalo
Mountain Road
Go 1.5 miles (38.2 total) and bear right at y-intersection, with Route 758
Go 5.8 miles (44.0 total) Turn left on Route 628 = Rock Church Road
Go 0.9 mile (44.9 total)

BUFFALO MOUNTAIN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
S.S. 9 AM WORSHIP 10 AM
See Cemetery and gravesites of Childress family
See Buffalo Mountain School ….Being restored by family

See Buffalo Mountain Manse …. Childress family home 
Retrace Route 628 to Route 758, ie. 0.9 mile (45.8 total) Turn left on Route 758
Go 5.7 miles (51.5 total) Turn right on Route 221 north.
Go 3.0 miles (54.5) to downtown Willis, VA, intersection of Routes 221 & 764

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WILLIS ( former PRESBYTERIAN) BAPTIST CHURCH
Retrace on Route 221, south, just 0.6 miles (55.1 total)
Turn right on Route 787 = Indian Valley Road
Go 5.7 miles (60.8 total) Turn left on Route 622 = Indian Valley P.O. Road
Go 0.8 mile (61.6 total) Turn right on Route 754 = Macks Mountain Road
Go 1.6 miles (63.2 total)

INDIAN VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
(Not a stone or rock-faced building, but an
important Childress ministry site.)
Retrace on Route 754 to Route 622 = Indian Valley P.O. Road, ie.1.6 miles.
Turn right on Route 622 = Indian Valley P.O. Road (64.8 total)
Go 4.0 miles (68.8 total) Turn right on Route 756 = Goad Drive
Go 0.2 mile (69.0 total) Turn right on Route 755 = Piney Fork Road (gravel)
Go 1.1 miles (70.1 total) Turn left on Route 757 = Duncan Mill Road
Go 0.2 mile (70.3 total) Turn right on Route 755 = Deer Trail Road (gravel)
Go 0.9 mile (71.2 total) Turn left on Route 611 = Deep Water Road
Go 1.0 mile (72.2 total) to intersection of Routes 611 and 764.
Go straight through on Route 611….after stop,
Route 611 becomes Sunnyvale Road at this intersection.
Go 1.6 miles (73.8 total) on Route 611 = Sunnyvale Road
To intersection of Routes 611 and 753
Bear right onto Route 753 = Double Cabin Road…after stop
Go 2.8 miles (76.6 total) Turn right on Route 750 = Homestead Road
Go 2.8 miles (79.4 total) on Route 750

DINWIDDIE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
S.S. 10 AM WORSHIP 11:15 AM
Parking lot and manse opposite church
At Dinwiddie Church, turn left on Route 752 = Mitchell’s Crossroads
Go 4.9 miles (84.3 total) Turn left on Route 783 = Deer Ridge Road
Go 0.8 mile (85.1 total) Turn left on Route 100 = Sylvatus Highway
Go 3.0 miles (88.1 total) Turn right on Route 886 = Beaver Dam Road
Go 1.9 miles (90.0 total) Turn left on Route 52 = Main Street, Hillsville, VA
Go 0.5 mile (90.5 total) to starting point = Old Historic Courthouse