Facilities

Camp Office

  • Heated and air-conditioned
  • Staff Lounge for meetings & relaxation
  • Two staff sleeping rooms (including nurse’s room)
  • Men’s & Women’s restrooms with showers
  • Infirmary — Medical personnel supplied with advance notice (fee) — see contract for details

Chapel

  • Heated and air-conditioned with lake view
  • Seats up to 90
  • Fireplace
  • Piano
  • Video Projector & VCR/DVD
  • Stereo CD & cassette tape player
  • Overhead projector with song sheets
  • Men’s & women’s restrooms with showers
  • Four staff sleeping rooms

Gym/Multi-purpose Building

  • Heated and air-conditioned
  • Basketball (full court)
  • Volleyball (cannot be played simultaneously with basketball)
  • Ping-Pong Table
  • Foosball
  • Stage & sound system with speaker
  • Seating for up to 200 people (over 100 requires rental of extra chairs)
  • Sports room with all types of sports equipment
  • Can be used for crafts or large meetings
  • Two large heated and air-conditioned sleeping rooms which can also be used as classrooms
  • One additional double-sized sleeping room/conference room
  • Men’s & Women’s restrooms with showers

Kitchen/Dining Room

  • Heated and air-conditioned with lake view
  • Seats 80 comfortably (max 100)
  • 8 rectangular tables @ 10 people each
  • Full line kitchen with modern appliances
  • Cooks supplied with advance notice
  • Food typically served buffet style
  • Government inspected — high ratings

Outdoor Playing Fields

  • Soccer/softball
  • Basketball (single basket cement court)
  • Sandpit volleyball
  • Tetherball

Sleeping Accommodations

  • Heated and air-conditioned Boy’s Dorm & Girl’s Dorm
  • 114 – 118 total beds
  • Staff accommodations in Office, Chapel & Gym

Jr. Olympic Size Swimming Pool

  • Certified Lifeguards provided
  • Diving board & slide
  • Depth ranges from 3 to 10 feet
  • Light for night swimming

Trading Post (Camp Store) 

  • Snacks (candy, chips, ice cream, cold drinks, etc.)
  • Souvenirs of Hickory Cove Bible Camp (T-shirts, hats, pens, flashlights, dog tags, etc.)

Waterfront Activities

  • Ski & Tubing Boat — drivers provided (fee)
  • Pontoon boat rides — drivers provided (fee)
  • Canoes
  • Fishing (proper license required)
  • Waterfront & dock meeting areas
  • Campfires area w/ torches (bring flashlights)

Wilderness Area (60 acres)

  • Hiking/nature trails & creek access
  • Primitive camping area
  • Paintball Course (fee)
  • Archery
  • Low Ropes Course
  • Campfire Area
  • Hayrides
  • Zip Line (for 6th Grade and up)

Other

  • Swings
  • Horseshoes (available upon request)
  • Arts & crafts areas
  • Outdoor picnic areas

Nearby “Off-Site” Activities

  • Hiddenite Gem Mine
  • Furniture shopping
  • Roller-skating
  • Blue Ridge Parkway & related mountain events (such as skiing) — 1 hour away
  • Science Museum (Hickory) — 30 minutes
  • Miniature Golf
  • Bowling
  • Minor league baseball (in season)

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