Ever go to a strange town, bring the kids and have them drive you nuts from Boredom? Well to keep that from happening to you, in Hickory North Carolina, I have the solution read this and you will be prepared.

One of. my favorites is Hickory Dickory Dock www.hickory-dickory-dock.com located at 825 Highway 70 SE Hickory NC phone number 828-322-3625 they have a restaurant, an arcade, mini golf ,bumper cars, laser tag and a place called Ticker's Playground where there are ball pits, slides and climbing toys for the younger kids.

Next we have AMF Colonial Lanes 1951 Hwy 70 SE, Hickory Phone them at 828-327-2695. Located across from Valley Hills Mall, this Bowling Center has Bowling, a video arcade and food Sunday-Thursday, 9 AM-midnight; Friday-Saturday, 9 AM to 2 AM

Now we have Valley Hills Mall 1960 Hwy 70 SE Hickory. Phone them at 828-328-2436.
The Mall contains over 90 stores including JC Penney, Sears, Belks and Dillards. There is also a food court and a 28 foot antique carousel and 2 parking decks.

If your in town during baseball season take the family out to a Hickory Crawdads Baseball game at LP Frans Stadium 825 Clement Blvd NW just off Hwy 321 phone them at 828-322-3000 or 800-488-DADS. www.hickorycrawdads.com The Crawdads are a Class A affiliate of the Pittsburg Pirates in the South Atlantic League.

If your kids are into Science we have that covered as well at The Catawba Science Center located at 243 3rd Ave NE Hickory Phone them at 828-322-8169 or see their website at www.catawbascience.org Visitors of all ages can learn from hands on exhibits and admission is only $2 for adults $1 for under 16 and seniors and under 3 get in free.

Kiwanis Park at 605 7th Ave in Hickory the Park consists of 16 acres, which have a four field, youth baseball complex. All four fields are lighted for night play. Three of the fields have 200-foot fences with the fourth field having a 188-foot fence. All outfield fences are 10 feet high. They also have concession stands, restrooms, and scorebooths.

You can also take the kids to The Hickory Museum of Art located at 243 3rd Ave NE Hickory, In the Arts and Science Center of Catawba Valley, phone them at 828-327- 8576 or see their page at www.hickorymuseumofart.org
They have lectures ,films ,art classes and a gift shop.

Some of these next locations are located in Newton North Carolina which is very close to Hickory and easy to find.

Into Racing? Visit The Hickory Motor Speedway just outside of Hickory on Hwy 70E in Newton 828-464-3655 or see their page at www.hickorymotorspeedway.com this racetrack is considered a racing birthplace for lots of today's Nascar Stars, the season runs from March through October.

Also close to Hickory in Newton we have the areas only all year Ice Skating rink. Ice Castle Skating Rink is located at 1901 N Nw Blvd Newton 828-466-1173 Lessons are offered by 1997 American Open Pro's Pair Champions Kim and Gray Johnson

Roller skating more your kid's style? We have Skateland Usa located at 2820 Hwy 70 Newton 828-322-8824 They are open Mon-Sat and have skating, video games and parties

For an alcohol free location for Billiards try RackNRoll Billiards and Amusements at 2180 Northwest Blvd Newton phone them at 828-464-POOL. They have pool tables, video games and food

Pin Station Bowling alley at 525 A St Newton (just off hwy 321) 828-466-2695 provides 42 lanes of bowling, pool tables and a snack bar. Fridays and Saturdays from 11 pm to 2am they have Cosmic Bowling which has strobe lights and glow in the dark pins. Kids love this and it's pretty cool for us adults as well.

This concludes my list of top things to do in the Hickory North Carolina Area. I hope you enjoy your visit, and come back and see us soon.