1. Hendersonville Medical Center
City: Hendersonville, TN
Category: Health Care
Telephone: (615) 338-1000
Address: 355 New Shackle Island Rd.
Description: This facility, part of TriStar Health Systems, has 110 beds offering medical and surgical care, obstetrics, gynecology, critical care, 24-hour emergency services, MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), a cardiac catheterization lab, and outpatient services. The hospital has completed several major expansion projects, to the tune of some $30 million. An emergency department and intensive care unit, a community classroom, a surgical wing, and a medical professional building have been constructed.
2. The Hendersonville Star News
City: Hendersonville, TN
Category: Media
Telephone: (615) 824-8480
Address: 105 Maple Row Blvd.
Description: Published since 1951, this Gannett-owned free paper comes out every Wed and Fri. It features local county news and has a circulation of 16,000.
3. Trinity Music City U.S.A.
City: Hendersonville, TN
Category: Nightlife
Telephone: (615) 822-8333
Address: 1 Music Village Blvd.
Description: In mid-1994 California-based Trinity Broadcasting Network purchased the late Conway Twitty’s estate, known as Twitty City, and turned it into Trinity Music City U.S.A. Free tours of the Trinity Music Church Auditorium, WPGD Studio, and Twitty mansion are available at designated times throughout the week. The gardens, gift shop, and Solid Rock Bistro are open daily. The state-of-the-art virtual-reality theater features films shot in the Holy Land. Tickets for the film are required and are available at no charge at the theater. Worship services are held in the auditorium Sun at 10:30 a.m. At Christmas, visit Trinity Christmas City with over a million sparkling lights on 30 acres of beautifully decorated grounds.
4. Anchor High Marina
City: Hendersonville, TN
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (615) 824-2175
Address: 128 River Rd.
Description: Anchor High, located at mile marker 216.3, has a “ship store” with fishing and marine supplies, sandwiches, and drinks, plus the Anchor High Bar and Grill. You’ll also find a picnic area with tables, drinking water, and restrooms. Private and transit docking are available.
5. Creekwood Marina
City: Hendersonville, TN
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (615) 824-7963
Address: 259 Sanders Ferry Rd.
Description: Creekwood Marina offers slip rental only. There is no launching ramp. The marina has gas and pump-out service, restrooms with showers, and electric meters (except for the pontoon slips), and it is prewired for cable and phone service.
6. Drakes Creek Marina
City: Hendersonville, TN
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (615) 822-3886
Address: 441 Sanders Ferry Rd.
Description: This full-service marina sells Regal yachts and Nautiques ski boats, as well as used boats. The marina has a complete service department and offers private and transit docking as well as dry storage. It also offers electrical hookups and marine supplies, plus there’s a restroom and picnic areas.
7. Hendersonville Skating Rink
City: Hendersonville, TN
Category: Parks & Recreation
Telephone: (615) 824-0630
Address: 750 West Main St.
Description: Hendersonville Skating Rink specializes in private parties during the week. In-line skaters and roller skates are allowed on the wooden floor, though only roller skates are available for rent. The cost to skate varies according to the day and time. You’ll pay about $4.50 max, including skates, on weekends.
8. Coldwell Banker Lakeside Realtors
City: Hendersonville, TN
Category: Relocation
Telephone: (615) 824-5920, (800) 933-5920
Address: 530 West Main St.
Description: Established in the early 1970s, this is one of the oldest real estate companies in Hendersonville. The office specializes in residential properties, including lakefront, and has about 65 agents.
9. Pennington Place
City: Hendersonville, TN
Category: Retirement
Telephone: (615) 822-7520
Address: 202 Walton Ferry Rd.
Description: Pennington Place is an all-ground-floor retirement community that offers both independent and assisted living. The 1- and 2-bedroom apartments feature private patios and gardens and private outside entrances. Residents pay a $500 nonrefundable community-service entrance fee. The monthly fee for independent living—starting at $1,200—includes weekly housekeeping, maintenance, 24-hour emergency response system, all utilities, and 3 meals daily in the community dining room. The complex contains a beauty/barbershop, free laundry facilities, and an activity room with exercise equipment, whirlpool, scheduled transportation, on-site therapy, and minimal supervision.
10. Trail West
City: Hendersonville, TN
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (615) 264-2955
Address: 1183 West Main St.
Description: Hendersonville-based Trail West has five Western-wear stores in Middle Tennessee selling clothing and accessories for men, women, and children. The spacious stores are stocked with such brands as Resistol, Stetson, Boulet, Charlie 1 Horse, Corral Boot, and Hat ’n Hand. Other Nashville locations are at 2416 Music Valley Dr. (615-883-5933) and 219 Broadway (615-255-7030). Although it has a different name, Boots ‘N’ More, the location at 312 Broadway (615-251-1711) is essentially the same as the other Trail West stores. In addition to the four Nashville-area stores, there is also a Trail West in Columbia, Tennessee.
11. Second Time Around
City: Hendersonville, TN
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (615) 822-6961
Address: 121 Indian Lake Rd.
Description: The friendly staff at this store makes shopping here a pleasure. If you like, the staff will help you put together a whole look. The boutique-type store sells women’s clothing, including such lines as Dana Buchman, Anne Klein, and Ellen Tracy. The store is very particular regarding the clothing it accepts, so you can count on good-quality items here. The store has a bridal room, an “after 5” room, and a good selection of well-cared-for shoes and accessories. The store is open Tues through Sat. Second Time Around accepts items by appointment only. Consignors receive 50 percent of the selling price.
12. Historic Rock Castle
City: Hendersonville, TN
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (615) 824-0502
Address: 139 Rock Castle Lane
Description: The late-18th-century house on the shores of Old Hickory Lake was at one time the center of a 3,140-acre plantation, home of senator and Revolutionary War veteran Daniel Smith and his family. Today the property occupies 18 acres and includes the furnished 7-room limestone house, a smokehouse, and the family cemetery. Other buildings were claimed by the creation of Old Hickory Lake in the 1950s. The original 2-room structure was built in the mid-1780s. The multilevel stone house was completed in 1796. The large limestone blocks used in the home’s construction were quarried nearby, and the wood for the house came from trees on the property. Smith, a well-known surveyor of the North Carolina (now Tennessee) boundaries and of Davidson County, made the first map of the area. Some say he gave the state its name as well, adopting the Cherokee word Tanasie, which may have meant “where the rivers tangle together.” (However, accounts of who named the state, and the meaning of the Cherokee word from which the name was taken, vary quite a bit.) Smith and his wife, Sarah, are buried in the family cemetery. You can learn more about the family and the property on a guided tour. Stop first at the visitor center for an orientation. There’s a gift shop that sells souvenirs and items representative of the period, such as lye soap, traditional games and toys, and reproductions of Smith’s early maps. Rock Castle is 2 miles south of Gallatin Road off Indian Lake Road. This attraction is open daily Tues through Sun.