I have included sites that provide information about Hickory and activities I'm directly involved in. If you have a favorite or one you would like to share please feel free to contact me. I hope that you find them useful and some at least mildly entertaining.

 

AIRPORTS

· Charlotte-Douglas International Airport

· Piedmont Triad International (Greensboro)

· Hickory Regional Airport

AREA ATTRACTIONS

· The Appalachin Trail

· Biltmore Estates

· Blowing Rock

· Blue Ridge Parkway

· Cherokee - Harrah's Casino

· Chimney Rock Park

· Grandfather Mountain

· Hickory Furniture Mart

· Linville Caverns

· Linville Gorge

· Lake James State Park

· Kings Mountain National Military Park

· National Forests in North Carolina

· North Carolina Aquariums

· North Carolina Lighthouses

· North Carolina Zoo

· Old Salem

· Outer Banks

· South Mountain State Park

· Twenty Miles of Furniture

· Tweetsie Railroad

· Wilson’s Creek

AREA COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

· Appalachian State University

· Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute (CCC&TI)

· Catawba Valley Community College & Technical Institute (CVCC)

· Lenoir Rhyne College

· Western Piedmont Community College

AREA FESTIVALS

· Blowing Rock Winterfest

· Blue Ridge Food & Wine Festival

· Hickory Oktoberfest

· North Carolina Gold Festival

· Waldensian Festival

AREA GOLF

· North Carolina Golf Course Finder

· Cedar Rock Golf

· Glen Oaks Golf

· Granada Farms Country Club

· Hampton Heights

· Quaker Meadows Golf

· Orchard Hills

· River Crest Golf Club

· Rolf Barn  

· Silver Creek Plantation

AREA LAKE INFORMATION

· Lake Hickory

· Lake James

· Lake Norman

· Lake Rhodhiss

AREA SCHOOL SYSTEMS

· Alexander County School System

· Burke County School System

· Caldwell County School System

· Catawba County School System

· Hickory City Schools

· Newton-Conover City Schools

· North Carolina School for the Deaf

· The Patterson School

· Tri-City Christian Schools

AREA SKI RESORTS

· Ski North Carolina.com

· Appalachian Ski Mountain

· Cataloochee Ski Area

· Hawksnest

· Sapphire Valley Ski

· Ski Beech

· Sugar Mountain

· Wolf Laurel

AREA SPORTS

· Charlotte Bobcats

· Carolina Panthers

· Hickory Crawdads

· Hickory Motor Speedway

· Lowe’s Motor Speedway

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

· Alexander County Chamber of Commerce

· Burke County Chamber of Commerce

· Caldwell County Chamber of Commerce

· Catawba County Chamber of Commerce

· Hickory Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau

· Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce

· Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce

· Mooresville Chamber of Commerce

· Statesville Chamber of Commerce

HOSPITALS

· Caldwell Memorial Hospital – Lenoir

· Catawba Valley Medical Center – Conover

· Frye Regional Medical Center – Hickory

· Grace Hospital – Morganton

· Iredell Memorial - Statesville

· Presbyterian Hospital – Charlotte

· Valdese General Hospital – Rutherford College

LOCAL NEWSPAPERS

· Charlotte Observer

· Hickory Record

· Lenoir News Topic

LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS

· American Red Cross

· Catawba County Parenting Network

· Catawba County Historical Association

· Catawba Science Center

· Catawba Valley Wild Life Club

· Catawba Valley Youth Soccer Association

· Hickory Area Apartment Rental Guide

· YMCA of Catawba County

Movie Theaters

· Area Movie Theaters

PERFORMING & EXHIBIT ART

· Caldwell Arts Council

· Catawba County Arts Council

· Hickory Choral Society

· Hickory Musuem of Art

· Hickory Community Theater

· JE Broyhill Civic Center for the Performing Arts

· Western Piedmont Symphony

STATE TRAVEL GUIDE

· Explore North Carolina

TRAVEL & TOURISM

· Burke County Travel & Tourism

· Charlotte Convention and Visitors Bureau

· Hickory Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau

· Lake Norman Convention and Tourism

UTILITY COMPANIES

· Charter Communications – Cable

· Bell South – Tele-Communications

· Blue Ridge Energies

· Duke Power

· GDS – Trash Pick-up

· James Oxygen and Supply

· Piedmont Natural Gas

· Sprint – Tele-Communications

WINERIES

· North Carolina Wineries