The Rock Churches of Bob Childress

Made famous by the book The Man Who Moved A Mountain by Richard C. Davids, Patrick County is home to two of the five beautiful Rock Churches in the area. Mayberry Presbyterian Church (1925) and Slate Mountain Presbyterian Church (1932), both in Meadows of Dan, were built by Rev. Robert Childress from the stone of the Blue Ridge Mountains. You can take a three-hour Backroads Tour of all five churches created by The Mountain Laurel.

Mayberry Pres. Church is located at 1127 Mayberry Church Rd (visible from the Blue Ridge Parkway) and Slate Mountain Pres. Church is located at 239 Rock Church Rd (just off the Parkway).