 The state highway follows the height of land north of the watershed of the Sandy River, which empties into the Dan River in Danville.To the north of SR 41 are the watersheds of Little Falls Creek east of White Oak Mountain and the Bannister River west of the mountain; these streams empty into the Dan River at Danville and near South Boston, respectively.SR 41 was previously designated as a road in the vicinity of Charles City, Richmond, and Keswick from June 1923 until the middle of 1933.