Geography

The Town of Hurt is located in Pittsylvania County, Virginia and borders Campbell County along the Staunton River near the town of Altavista.

Distance to nearby cities:
	Lynchburg..................... 21 miles
	Danville......................... 39 miles
	Roanoke....................... 45 miles
Transportation:
	Roads - Several major highways are easily accessible from the Town of Hurt.  These include three inter-regional highways: U.S. Routs 29, 460, and 501.  U.S. Route 29 is a multi-lane highway passing from Washington, D.C., through Lynchburg, Hurt and Danville in Virginia, and Greensboro and Charlotte in North Carolina before ending in Georgia.  U.S. Route 460, which runs from Norfolk, Va. to Lexington Ky. connects Lynchburg with the Hampton Roads area to the east.
	Air -- Lynchburg Municipal Airport, 21 miles from Hurt, is used by commercial airlines.
	Rail -- Norfolk Southern Corporation, one of the giants in the rail transportation business has two lines passing through Hurt.  In the early 1980's, shortly after the merger of Norfolk and Western Railroad with Southern Railway, a connector linking the two lines was built in the town of Hurt.  This major undertaking allowed Norfolk Southern trains to cross from one line to the other, opening each line to new areas of the country.  In the years since, the Hurt Connector has become one of the most heavily traveled sections of rail in the Norfolk Southern system.
	Waterways -- Richmond has a deep-water port 130 miles east.  The ports at Hampton Roads are 200 miles east.

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