Neighborhood & Location
Close to what makes Lynchburg home
Shopping, campuses, trails, and travel connections, all within a short drive of your front door.
What's nearby
Everyday essentials, just minutes away
Shopping & Dining
Fort Hill Shopping Center
1.5 mi
4 min drive
The closest simple shopping center to the community, with Fort Hill Bowling Center and a fitness club among its tenants.
Wards Road Corridor
~3 mi
8 min drive
Lynchburg’s main retail strip, lined with big-box stores, restaurants, and everyday errand stops.
River Ridge Mall
3.6 mi
10 min drive
The area’s main mall, with dozens of stores, a Regal cinema, and plenty of dining just off Candlers Mountain Road.
Parks & Recreation
LaHaye Ice Center
4.2 mi
10 min drive
A full-size ice rink on Liberty’s campus that’s open to the community, with public skate sessions, learn-to-skate classes, and youth and adult hockey.
Liberty Mountain Trail System
4.5 mi
10 min drive
More than 50 miles of free public trails for hiking, trail running, and mountain biking, open daily from dawn to dusk.
Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre
4.5 mi
11 min drive
A synthetic ski slope where you can ski, snowboard, and go tubing year-round, with a mountaintop lodge overlooking Lynchburg and the Blue Ridge.
Blackwater Creek Trail
4.9 mi
10 min drive
The heart of the James River Heritage Trail network, with paved, wooded paths that connect to the downtown RiverWalk.
Amazement Square, The Rightmire Children’s Museum
7.6 mi
13 min drive
A hands-on children’s museum downtown and a natural pick for a family outing.
Work & Employment
Centra Lynchburg General Hospital
6.2 mi
14 min drive
The flagship hospital of Centra, a major regional health system and one of the area’s top employers.
Downtown Lynchburg
6.5 mi
15 min drive
The city’s government and business center, home to City Hall, local shops and restaurants, and the Academy Center of the Arts.
BWX Technologies (BWXT)
12.2 mi
18 min drive
A major engineering and manufacturing company that employs thousands of workers, making it a cornerstone of the defense-manufacturing base in Virginia.
Schools & Education
Lynchburg City Schools
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7 Hills is served by Lynchburg City Schools, with Sheffield Elementary, Sandusky Middle, and Heritage High serving the community. Families can confirm school assignments with the district.
Central Virginia Community College
3.3 mi
7 min drive
A community college campus about seven minutes from home.
Liberty University
3.7 mi
8 min drive
One of the region’s largest employers, with a sprawling campus just minutes from home.
University of Lynchburg
5.1 mi
10 min drive
A private university about ten minutes away. It also runs Historic Sandusky, a Civil War house museum just down the road.
Randolph College
7.5 mi
17 min drive
A private liberal arts college on historic Rivermont Avenue, known for its two-classes-at-a-time TAKE2 program.
Getting Around
Kemper Street Station (Amtrak)
4.6 mi
11 min drive
Daily Amtrak service on the Northeast Regional and Crescent lines, with direct trains to Washington, D.C., New York, and beyond.
Lynchburg Regional Airport (Preston Glenn Field)
4.8 mi
11 min drive
Commercial air service with connections through Charlotte (confirm current routes), about eleven minutes from home.
Roanoke
57 mi
1 hr 10 min drive
An easy day trip for mountain views, dining, and a change of scenery.
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