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Directions to Phoebe Needles

Directions to Phoebe Needles

We have found that Mapquest and Google Maps are not always accurate for our rural area. We suggest you use this map:
A printable map in PDF format.

Our address is 732 Turners Creek Road, Callaway, Virginia 24067

From Roanoke, Virginia:

Take Route 220 to Boones Mill.
Turn right, at light, by the Shell station, onto Route 739,
   Bethlehem Road.
Travel approximately 7.8 miles until it dead ends.
Turn right onto Route 641, Callaway Road.
Travel approximately 4.2 miles to the town of Callaway.
Turn left onto Route 602, Ferrum Mountain Road.
Travel 1.9 miles.
Take a sharp right onto Route 748, Five Mile Mountain Road.
Travel 2.6 miles to the bottom of a slight hill.
Turn left onto Route 640, Turners Creek Road.
Phoebe Needles is 0.8 miles on the right.
St Peter’s Church can be seen up the hill on the left.

From Rocky Mount, Virginia:

From North or South Route 220 at Rocky Mount, exit at Route 220 Business, Main Street, and follow into town 1.8 miles.
Turn right at the traffic light onto Route 40 West, Franklin Street,
   and follow through town 2.4 miles.
Turn right at 40 West Food Fare onto Route 640, Six Mile Post Road.
Travel 7.1 miles until this road dead ends.
Turn right onto Route 602, Ferrum Mountain Road.
Travel 0.6 miles to a "Y" in the road.
Stay left - the road becomes Route 640, Rock Ridge Road.
Travel 3 miles - you will dead end into Phoebe Needles.

From I-81 (Christiansburg & Blacksburg, Virginia):

Take the exit for Route 8 to Floyd.
In Floyd, turn left at the traffic light onto Route 221 North, Floyd Highway.
Travel 1.2 miles through Floyd to the next turn.
Turn right onto Route 681, Franklin Pike Road.
Travel 9.9 miles to the intersection with the Blue Ridge Parkway (not marked).
Cross the Parkway, the road becomes Route 640, Five Mile Mountain Road.
Travel 5 curvy miles to the bottom of the mountain.
Turn right onto Route 640, Turners Creek Road.
Phoebe Needles is 0.8 miles on the right.
St. Peter’s Church can be seen up the hill on the left.

From Ferrum, Virginia

Heading west from Ferrum College, take Route 40 1.1 miles.
Turn right at Route 748, Turners Creek Road.
Travel 6.1 miles, Phoebe Needles is on your left at the top of the hill.

From Martinsville & Danville, Virginia

Take Route 220 North, exit at Route 220 Business, Main Street, and follow 1.8 miles to Rocky Mount.
Follow directions from Rocky Mount.