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(Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, and
Catawba Counties)
Baseball
- Hickory
Crawdads
- Class "A" affiliate of the
Pittsburgh Pirates, they make their home at the beautiful L. P. Frans
Stadium.
Campgrounds
- Brown Mountain Beach Campground (Lenoir) -
758-4257
- Cross Country Campgrounds (Denver) -
483-5897
- Daniel Boone Family Campground (Morganton) -
433-1200
- Deerhorn Park Family Campground & Beach
(Lenoir) - 754-7966
- Globe Lake Campground (Lenoir) - 757-9314
Hiddenite
Family Campground (Hiddenite) - 632-3825
- Lake Hickory RV Resort (Conover) - 256-4303
- Lake James Family Campground (Morganton) -
584-0190
- Playmore Beach Campground (Lenoir) -
758-9730
- Rose Creek Campground (Morganton) - 438-4338
- Wildlife Woods Campground (Sherrills Ford) -
483-5611
- Indian Springs Campground (Hickory) -
- 397- 5700.
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City Recreation Departments
- Granite Falls Recreation Department -
396-1221
- Shuford Recreation Center
- Hickory
Recreation Department - 322-7046
- Hudson Recreation Department - 728-3131
- Redwood Park
- Lenoir Recreation Department - 758-0897
- J. E. Broyhill Park
- T. H. Broyhill Walking Park
- Lenoir Aquatic and Fitness Center
- Martin Luther King Center
- Mulberry Recreation Center
- Longview Recreation Center - 322-5919
- Morganton Recreation Department - 438-5350
- Bethel Road Park
- Carbon City Park
- Children's Memorial Park
- Collett Street Children's Park
- Collett Street Recreation Center
- Freedom Park
- McGalliard Falls Park
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Park
- Mountain View Community Center
- Shadowline Park
- Shuey Park
- Steele Creek Park
- Newton Recreation Department - 465-7470
- Valdese Community Center/Recreation -
879-2132
Community Parks and Centers
- Collettsville Ruritan Park (Hwy. 90W,
Lenoir) -- softball field, walking trails
- Ellendale Recreation Center (Ellendale Park
Lane, Taylorsville)
- Happy Valley Optimist Park (Hwy. 268,
Lenoir) -- softball field
- Oak Hill Park (Hwy. 90E, Lenoir) - sheltered
picnic tables, basketball, tennis, playground, softball field
- Sherrills
Ford Optimist Park (Molly Backbone Road, Sherrills Ford)
Golf Courses (Public)
- Brushy Mountain Golf Club (Taylorsville)
632-7502
- D TEE Golf Inc . (Hickory) 322-1599
- Glen Oaks Golf Club (Maiden) 428-2775
- Hampton Heights Golf Club (Hickory) 328-5010
- Henry River Golf Course (Hickory) 294-0380
- Hidden Spring Golf Course (Gamewell)
758-1151
- Lenoir Golf Club (Lenoir) 754-5093
- Orchard Hills Golf Club (Lenoir) 728-3560
- Pine Mountain Golf Club (Morganton) 433-4950
- Quaker Meadows Golf Club (Morganton)
437-2677
- Rock Barn Club of Golf (Claremont) 459-9279
Miscellaneous Recreation
- Blue
Ridge Parkway -- One of the most traveled scenic drives in the
U.S.
- The
Blowing Rock -- One of the earliest tourist attractions in the
area, The Blowing Rock was listed in Ripley's Believe It or Not as an
aerodynamic phenomenon.
- Grandfather
Mountain -- Don't miss the natural habitat displays of native
animals or the mile-high swinging bridge.
- Lake Hickory, Lake James, and Lake Rhodhiss
-- Provide fishing, boating and swimming.
Racing
- Hickory
Motor Speedway -- Provides Winston racing and two Busch Grand
National events annually.
- Tri-County Motor Speedway
(Hickory Nut Ridge Rd., Hudson, NC) - 728-7223
State Parks
- Lake James State Park - Hwy. 126, Nebo -
652-5047
- South Mountain State Park - Old N.C. 18,
Morganton - 433-4772
- Tuttle Educational State Forest - Hwy. 18,
Gamewell
If there are other sites which should be
added to this list, please e-mail
me.
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