Meetings & Group Tours

Franklin County is a natural setting for your next meeting or small conference. The county offers multiple opportunities to host your meeting or conference from the lakefront offerings of the W.E Skelton 4-H Educational Center at Smith Mountain Lake, to the campus of Ferrum College at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, to the picturesque Phoebe Needles Center tucked away near the Blue Ridge Parkway, to The Franklin Center in Downtown Rocky Mount. 

W.E. Skelton 4-H Educational Conference Center at Smith Mountain Lake

• Address:775 Hermitage Road, Wirtz, VA 24184
• Telephone: 540-721-2759
• W.E. Skelton 4-H Educational Conference Center Website

Phoebe Needles Center

• Address: 732 Turners Creek Road, Callaway, VA 24067
• Telephone: (540) 483-1518
• Phoebe Needles Center Website

Ferrum College

• Address: 215 Ferrum Mountain Road. Ferrum, VA 24088
• Telephone: (800) 868-9797
• Ferrum College Office of Conferences and Events Website

The Franklin Center

• Address: 50 Claiborne Avenue, Rocky Mount, VA 24151
• Telephone: 540-483-0179 
• The Franklin Center Website

The Harvester Performance Center

• Address: 450 Franklin Street, Rocky Mount, VA 24151
• Telephone: 540-483-0179 
• The Harvester Performance Center Website

If you are interested in hosting a meeting or conference in Franklin County, VA please call 540-483-3040.