Martinsville

Our Area

					WEATHER Average Temperature: 31 - 76°/ Average Annual Rainfall - 44" Average Annual Snowfall - 14.5"/ Four distinct seasons
					AIRPORTS Piedmont Triad International - Greensboro, NC - 45 minutes Roanoke Regional - Roanoke, VA - 50 minutes Blue Ridge - Henry County - 24 hour fixed based operation with 5000 foot lighted runway - Visit our Gourmet Restaurant!
					AREA GOVERNMENT Franklin County Patrick County Martinsville/Henry Co. Chamber of Commerce Henry County City of Martinsville
					ARTS & PERFORMING ARTS Piedmont Arts Association Reynolds Homestead (30 minutes) Galax Fiddler's Convention (1.5 hours) Museum of Transportation (1 hour)
					ARCHEOLOGICAL Solite Quarry - fossils - (30 minutes)
					COLLEGES Patrick Henry Community College Rockingham Community College (0.5 hours) Averett University (0.5 hours) Ferrum College (1 hour) Radford (1 hour) Hollins University (1.25 hours) Roanoke College (1 hour) Virginia Tech (1 hour) Wake Forest University (1 hour) University of North Carolina at Greensboro (1 hour) National College of Business and Technology (in town) New College of Virginia (in town)
					HEALTH CARE Martinsville Memorial Hospital Danville Memorial Hospital - (0.5 hours) Morehead Memorial Hospital - (20 minutes) Wake Forest Baptist Hospital (1 hour) Duke University Hospital (1.5 hours) University of North Carolina Medical Center (2.5 hours) Unversity of Virginia Hospitals (2.5 hours)
					HIGHWAYS Four-lane U.S. highways 220 and 58 intersect in Martinsville. U.S. 220 connects the Roanoke Valley of Virginia and the Piedmont Triad of North Carolina. Projected interstate 73 will pass through Henry County.
					SCHOOLS Carlisle School Henry County Public Schools School Bus Route Schedule Martinsville City Public Schools
					LAND AREA 384 square Miles - 2/3 forestland - 1 square mile is water ALTITUDE 600 to 1400 feet
					LIBRARIES Blue Ridge Regional Library
					LOCAL INDUSTRY Automotive: Arrington Racing Furniture Construction: Vaughan-Bassett, Virginia Glass and Mirror, American, Bassett, Hooker, Stanley, MasterBrand Specialty Films: Cortauld's, Drake Extrusions Other: Mehler Engineered Products, Applied Felts, Nautica, New Roads, Startek
					MUSEUMS Virginia Museum of Natural History Wood Brothers Racing
					RECREATION Auto Racing - NASCAR Sanctioned Martinsville Speedway Golf - Four 18-hole, One 9-hole Boating - Philpott Reservoir, Smith Mountain Lake Hiking - Appalachian Trail (1 hour) Swimming - YMCA (indoor); Fairystone State Park (0.5 hours); Philpott Reservoir; Smith Mountain Lake (.75 hours) Snow Skiing (2 hours) Fishing - Smith River: Brown Trout; Rock Castle Creek - Rainbow Trout (40 minutes) Fieldale Community Center
					SCENIC ATTRACTIONS Mabry Mill and Blue Ridge Parkway (0.75 hours) Old Salem, Winston-Salem, NC (1 hour) Monticello (2.5 hours) Chateau Morisette