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Henry Fork River Park
5655 Sweet Bay Ln, Hickory, NC 28602, United States
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Henry Fork River Park

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Ta
Review №1

Went for soccer match but enjoyed the trail with nice River side walk and canoe put in.

Al
Review №2

This place is very beautiful. I went early in the day when hardly anyone was there. It was very peaceful and beautiful. Im from Florida and we dont have places like this. We have beautiful places, but its nice to go see the trees change colors and the winding hills.

Sh
Review №3

Unfortunately most of the park is closed due to recent flooding. Portion of walking track is open. Hopefully reopen totally spring of 2021

Am
Review №4

Love the park however the people who walk their dogs need to clean up after them. It makes the park look not so nice! Love to walk there.

Sh
Review №5

Best place to go Kayaking and hiking. I loved the whole park and it helped me prepare for hiking in Arizona. I recommend everyone to go there, the wildlife and views are great!

Sm
Review №6

Easy to get to off I40. Nice walking track and several tables and benches spread around the track. This riverside park has more to offer than just soccer fields.

Su
Review №7

Beautiful park. Walk around the park or sit and enjoy the water rushing by.

Ju
Review №8

Huge soccer field and nature walking cement trail. Its very peaceful and relaxing.

Ad
Review №9

Great soccer fields and playground for the kids.

Je
Review №10

Very clean and well maintained park. Paved walking trail along the river and two playgrounds for the kids.

un
Review №11

Nice place to walk with your family and or friends

An
Review №12

Great soccer complex in the Catawba county area

Sa
Review №13

Great place to walk but my family and I just had an encounter with someone that works here. He was very rude to my husband. Hours online said they closed at 8. We show up at 6:50 and he comes to us at 7:00 and says Parks Closed (being a smart butt).

DA
Review №14

Looked nice. Must have been Asian day.

Da
Review №15

Really nice, but to busy during the weekends

Ca
Review №16

Somewhere you can relax or play. I relax and watch other play soccer while listening to the sounds of water. It clean and welcoming! One of my favorite places to come to in the area.

Ra
Review №17

Great park for all levels and activities. Dog friendly, walking track, soccer park, playground, restroom and vending, water area and more.

Ro
Review №18

Great place to walk and excercise!

Yu
Review №19

Love this place!

Gr
Review №20

This park is primarily a soccer complex. The sports fields are well groomed and maintained. I however, go to this park to walk my dog on the one mile paved walking trail. The trail is smooth with no trip hazards. On one side of the park the trail runs parallel with the Henry Fork River. The park is generally quiet and peaceful during the off season of soccer. There is a playground area for smaller children, horseshoe pits, and picnic tables at various locations around the trail. If you are lucky, you may see deer, hawks, or other wildlife on the back side of the park.

Br
Review №21

Very good park. Nice photo taking.

Ev
Review №22

Was great.

br
Review №23

Beautiful spot for a walk and it has a canoe launch area.

Jo
Review №24

3 1/5 hours away nice ride over the Mtns.

Al
Review №25

Great place

Co
Review №26

Great place. Lots of activities, fishing, canoeing, walking trails, picnic, soccer, and more.

Br
Review №27

Its great! I use for walking. Wonderful place for sports teams.... See children organized sports there. Great group picnic area and childrens place areas. The creek is great. I see people put in canoes there. what

Ki
Review №28

Picnic shelter with table and grills .Soccer fields but bring your own chairs for seating.Rest rooms .Paved walking trail .Canoe launch.If you are this close you need to visit the Hunger Games movie set location. Its about 5 minutes away. you can Google it. The Henry River Mill Village (or District 12) a ghost town. Old planned community with its own textile mill, dam, water , and company store. The Textile mill would give out coins that were used at the company store. The Old Original buildings remain sited along a small gorge of the Henry River, about 75 miles east of Asheville, near Hildebran, NC. The abandoned homes are dangerous inside due to collapsing floors - so definitely just look from the outside! See many of the buildings along the road. (Exit 119 off I-40 - then go south about 1/2 mile to Henry River.)Lots of Pokemon at park location.

Mi
Review №29

Great place to relax or walk or canoe , beautiful area

Ad
Review №30

Great place to walk!

La
Review №31

Clean, quiet, and well maintained. A great park

DO
Review №32

Very nice

Mu
Review №33

Calm. Love it...

Ca
Review №34

Good grass

Jo
Review №35

Park is great..but dont leave minute late or the gate will lock you in the park. Lucky there was a worker that knew the code to open gate.

El
Review №36

Very nice

Sh
Review №37

Great place to walk. My dog lives it. It is safe and clean, plenty of parking and a long enough trail.

Ko
Review №38

I have gone there for so long. Its always clean. I gave it 4 star bc the playground is getting old. It needs new playground.

To
Review №39

Very nice park. Plenty of area to walk. Well kept. Only thing is soda machine only had orange crush left all others choices were sold out. So just bring your own drinks to stay hydrated.

Sh
Review №40

Awesome place. I do my walking there. Clean safe place to go early in the day .. evening a lot of soccer takes place.

Os
Review №41

Very nice soccer park, walking/running track is well paved. Good run

C
Review №42

Nice place to walk lots of room

Ka
Review №43

Its a nice park just not a lot of stuff for the kids to play on.

Ro
Review №44

Beautiful park! But it needs to have a cautionary sign for the kayak/canoe entrance. Warning: technical course. It took six hours to get from here to Jacobs fork River launch in Newton. I really enjoyed it, but had I known the technical aspects (natural dams, sand bars, waterfalls), I would have taken a short kayak and started earlier. I estimated three to four hours without the technical aspects. My fail!

As
Review №45

Easter egg hunting was a blast! There were plenty of eggs for every kid to get a lot. The people working there were kind, pleasant to talk to, and very helpful. This was the first time our family went there and we will be going back again. It was very clean and very large too.

Ti
Review №46

Love the park. Just wish it had hiking trails.

Ke
Review №47

Was a beautiful park and the river running by it was nice and cool on a hot day

Wa
Review №48

Great place to pull over. Clean facilities.

Tr
Review №49

Sorry, have not been here. I only know of it because its well posted on Route 40.

Ch
Review №50

Great soccer facility. The parking is a little under par but over all its a great place.

Je
Review №51

Good walking track

Te
Review №52

Well maintained. new asphalt on the walking path. starting to show a little age in the bathrooms, but kept clean. i visit there often for a walk/jog. lots of soccer fields, hence a soccer complex.

We
Review №53

Love it plan on a birthday party there this weekend.

C.
Review №54

Very nice walking park

Ch
Review №55

Nice little park. The park offers a nice walking trail around the soccer fields, and there is an access point for canoes to enter the river. The park also has a couple of playgrounds for small children to play. The city does seem to keep the park up well, and the bathrooms are always clean and in working order.

Ja
Review №56

Too many rules.would not let me walk across their property with my metal detector to get into the Henry fork. REALLY?

Ri
Review №57

Beautiful place, well maintained, clean

Je
Review №58

It is a very nice soccer complex. The fields were in excellent shape.

Ti
Review №59

We enjoy the walking track, soccer fields, and the literary walk.

Lu
Review №60

Nice park for kids and people wanting to walk or jog. Its very huge, open, and has a lot of fields for soccer.

Ji
Review №61

Clean and well kept. Nice to have hot water in the bathrooms.

Ja
Review №62

Such a great facility. Concession stands are now opened more often so thats a plus!

br
Review №63

Great open soccer facility with much more. Multiple playgrounds, covered fully equipped picnic shelter, 2 mile paved walking track, access to canoeing on the river.

Sh
Review №64

Love this place

Ka
Review №65

Good for walking.

So
Review №66

Great flat, paved trail for running. 0.81 miles/lap. Dog friendly. Nice fields

JU
Review №67

Amassing experience, clean park,clean bathrooms, very nice people to deal with. In general, very pleased

Wi
Review №68

My friend and I went there to fly drones in one of the empty fields minding our own business. Soon after we took flight the grounds-man drove over to us saying that we couldnt fly them there. There are no signs posted stating this and find it ridiculous.

Ka
Review №69

Huge park. Lots of activities including a canoe landing.

Ma
Review №70

This was a nice park to relax and enjoy our lunch. We discovered it when the rest area was closed. It has bathrooms, picnic tables, a paved trail, and soccer fields.

Sh
Review №71

The kids had a great time

Sy
Review №72

Repaving the walking track at present. Great place for kids, walking dogs. Would not recommend for bikes.

An
Review №73

What a relaxing place just to sit or walk your pet !

Su
Review №74

Its a very nice park with lots of soccer fields and some playgrounds

Wh
Review №75

Huge park, clean bathrooms, well kept walkways. Very pleasant and quiet.

Je
Review №76

Very nice park!

Ez
Review №77

Small park, with mostly soccer fields. There is a short paved walking trail around the perimeter. There is also a canoe put-in.

Ju
Review №78

Great moments after Church

Br
Review №79

Nice Park with soccer fields, picnic areas, paved exercise paths and an Alpine Tower.

li
Review №80

Great place to walk with places to get in or out of water with kayak or canoe lots of soccer fields usually quiet place.

wa
Review №81

Great place to have a corporate function.

Ni
Review №82

The soccer fields are in poor condition. We play an academy level game on the fields and it was terrible. The fields are uneven, slope is all over the place and ball can not role correctly. The academy level game to be played there is a joke.

Ma
Review №83

Tournament weekend and parking was terrible. Do not go to the left and try to park down that way. Youll end up on the sidewalk with no exit. And it rained yesterday and the conditions of the fields were quite muddy.

An
Review №84

Beautiful place. Parking was a problem

Ro
Review №85

I love that place, its so peaceful.

Sa
Review №86

Love the park, quiet and a great place to walk! Even has 3 Pokemon Spots!

Li
Review №87

Fun place.

Sa
Review №88

Park closes at 8 PM, not 9 PM.

Ro
Review №89

Really good soccer complex with concessions, playground, and picnic areas.

Br
Review №90

9/10 its clean.. Sometimes guests cover the bathroom walls in dung. Not the parks fault...

El
Review №91

Very nice park

Jo
Review №92

Nice place for family fun and walking

or
Review №93

I Had a great time!

St
Review №94

Soccer game with Eli Robinson and Tina Thompson

Ch
Review №95

Great place to walk the dog or just walk

Ca
Review №96

Great place

Ga
Review №97

Awesome facility

A
Review №98

Was not there

xV
Review №99

Great for exploring and for pokemon go players!

Da
Review №100

Love it

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4.5 Rating
  • Address:5655 Sweet Bay Ln, Hickory, NC 28602, United States
  • Phone:+1 828-322-7046
Categories
  • Tourist attraction
  • Soccer field
  • Park
Working hours
  • Monday:7am–7pm
  • Tuesday:7am–7pm
  • Wednesday:7am–7pm
  • Thursday:7am–7pm
  • Friday:7am–7pm
  • Saturday:7am–7pm
  • Sunday:7am–7pm
Accessibility
  • Wheelchair-accessible entrance:Yes
Amenities
  • Good for kids:Yes
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