This directory is made available by the Obesity Prevention Action Team of Healthy Haywood
Mission Statement: A collaborative effort to promote physical activity and fitness for Haywood County Citizens.
For more information contact
Canton Recreation Parks Dept. (828) 646-3411 www.cantonnc.com
Haywood County Recreation & Parks Dept. (828) 452-6789 www.haywoodnc.net
Healthy Haywood Haywood County Health Department (828) 452-6675 www.healthyhaywood.org
Waynesville Parks & Recreation Dept. Recreation Center (828) 456-2030 Old Armory Center (828) 456-9207 www.townofwaynesville.org
Revised March 2007
Springdale Country Club Why be Physically Active? Jr. golf lessons for 17 and under July - August Whether you’re sedentary, moderately active or (828) 235-8452 extremely active, you can improve or maintain
Waynesville Country Club your activity level. You may choose to Private Lessons jog or play tennis, which certainly qualify (828)452-4617 as exercise, or you may opt for walking,
gardening or any of hundreds of other Summer Sports Camps activities that provide excellent health benefits without being as vigorous. Pisgah High School However you choose to be physi- Baseball, Basketball, Cheerleading, Soccer, Volleyball Camps cally active, just remember that (828) 646-3440 every step, no matter how small,
Tuscola High School brings health benefits. Basketball, Football, Baseball Camps (828) 456-2408 Health Benefits of
Increased Physical Activity
Regular exercise adds years to your life and life to Swimming Lessons your years. In fact, it’s hard to find other health habits with as many positive side effects. The Canton Recreation Park following health benefits come from regular Penland Street · Canton (summer only) physical activity. (828) 646-3411
*Longevity *Mental Health Boost Haywood Regional Health & Fitness Center *Decreased Risk of Heart Disease *Weight Control 75 Leroy George Drive · Clyde (828) 452-8080 *Improved Blood Pressure Control *Improved Quality of Life *Decreased Risk of Osteoporosis *Protection Against Cancer Waynesville Recreation Center *Improved Cholesterol Levels *Decreased Stress & 55 Vance Street · Waynesville *Increased Strength & Flexibility Anxiety Levels (828) 456-2030 *Decreased Risk of Diabetes *Decreased Risk of Stroke
Jane A. Nortrom, MA, et al, Building Your Activity Pyramid
20 1 Table of Contents Soccer AYSO Region 572 Activities/Facilities Haywood County Archery 3 Ages 4-18; Spring & Fall Info Hotline, (828) 454-0621 Baseball/Softball Facilities 13 www.ayso572.org Basketball 3 North Carolina Youth Soccer Association Biking 4 Smoky Mountain Soccer Club Bocce 4 (828)683-3666 Canoeing/Kayaking/Tubing 4 www.sm-sc.org
Clogging 5 Special Olympics Dance 5 Disc Golf 5 Haywood County Recreation & Parks Fitness/Recreation Centers 6 (828) 452-6789 Golf 6 Gymnastics 7 Swim Team
Hiking 7 - 9 Smoky Mountain Aquatics Club (SMAC) Horseback Riding 10 Year-round swim team ages 5—18 Horseshoes 11 (828) 400-4533 www.ncmasters.org/smac
Martial Arts 11 Waynesville Swim Team Parks 11 - 12 Summer League for ages 5-18 (828) 400-4533 Racquetball 12 Shuffleboard 13 Youth Sports Instruction Skateboarding 14 Skiing/Snowboarding 14 Archery Soccer Fields/Multi-Purpose 13 Right-On-Target Family Archery Swimming Pools 14 (828)926-8307
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Tracks/Trails 15 Golf Volks Walking 16 Laurel Ridge Country Club Volleyball 16 Kids Sports Camp, 7& up Golf, tennis, swimming, & more Leagues/Programs (828) 452-0243
Adult 17 Maggie Valley Club Youth 18 - 20 Jr. golf clinics - July (828) 926-6013
2 19 Archery YOUTH LEAGUES/PROGRAMS Right-On-Target Baseball & Girls Softball Archery ranges, instruction/coaching, team competition for all ages. Target, 3D, Hunting Canton Little League 156 Bunny Lane - Waynesville Ages 5-18, spring and fall leagues (828) 926-8307 (828) 648-3502 [email protected]
Mountaineer Little League Basketball
Ages 5-18, spring and fall leagues Indoor Courts (8280 648-1224 Basketball Canton Armory Penland St. Canton Western NC Youth League Ages 7- 18 Haywood Regional Health & Fitness Center Bethel Youth Organization 75 Leroy George Drive · Clyde (828) 648-8265 (828) 452-8080
Canton Youth Organization (828) 235-2881 Waynesville Old Armory Recreation Center 44 Boundary Street · Waynesville Clyde Youth Organization (828) 456-9207 (828) 235-8530
Waynesville Youth Organization Waynesville Recreation Center (828) 452-7413 550 Vance Street · Waynesville (828) 456-2030
Haywood County Recreation Department Outdoor Courts J r. NBA/Jr. WNBA - Ages 5-17 (828) 452-6789 Lake Junaluska Open Air Gym (Weldon Gym) Haywood Regional Health & Fitness Center 105 Weldon Way · Lake Junaluska Youth Basketball Summer Programs, (828) 452-8056 Maggie Valley 3987 Soco Road · Maggie Valley
Football Leagues & Cheerleading Pigeon Community Development Center 450 Pigeon Street · Waynesville Western North Carolina Youth Football—West Division Canton Recreation Park Bethel Blue Demons, (828) 627-8478 Penland Street · Canton
Canton Bears, (828) 648-9468 Waynesville Recreation Park Lake Junaluska Warriors, (828) 452-1845 East Street Park · Waynesville West Marshall Street · Waynesville Haywood Mountaineers, (828) 506-3268
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Mountain Biking Basketball Waynesville Parks & Recreation NC 215 to Graveyard Ridge, 4 hr. rnd –trip 18 & up Master, Open, Church (828) 456-2030 Harmon Den, I40 to Max Patch, 4 hr. round-trip Senior Games Haywood County Recreation & Parks (828) 425-6789 Road Biking Balsam Ridge Parkway Loop, 51 miles, 4-6 hours Soccer Blue Ridge Parkway Indoor/Outdoor Adult Coed Soccer League
Canton-Sunburst Campground - NC 215,30 miles,2 hr. Haywood County Recreation & Parks (828) 452-6789 Fines Creek Loop (Hwy 209), 18 miles, 2 hours Long’s Chapel UMC- NC209-Upper Crabtree Rd- Softball Canton Recreation Department (828) 646-3411 Thickety Rd -Clyde-Old Clyde Hwy-Long’s Chapel Coed Fall League Loop, 4hr. Round-trip Upper Crabtree, 20.4 mile Loop, 2-3 hr. strenuous & Haywood Baptist Association (828) 452-4746 Church Coed Spring League dangerous descent Water Rock Knob Loop, 38 miles, 3-4 hours Waynesville Parks & Recreation (828) 456-2030 Spring & Fall—Adult slow pitch For more information: Haywood County Chamber of Commerce Special Olympics www.haywood-nc.com (828) 456-3021 Haywood Co. Recreation & Parks (828) 452-6789 Waynesville Bicycle Company www.waynesvillebikes.com (828) 454-9898 Swimming Smoky Mountain Aquatics Club (SMAC Masters) Year-round swim team ages 19+ blueridgebicycleclub.org (828) 400-4533 www.smacswimteam.com Bocce Allens Creek Park Tennis Haywood County Recreation & Parks Waynesville Parks & Recreation Waynesville · (828) 452-6789 Singles & Doubles (828) 456-2030
Canoeing/Kayaking/Tubing Volleyball Jonathan Creek Waynesville Parks & Recreation Pigeon River—East Fork Indoor & Sand Leagues (828) 456-2030 Pigeon River—West Fork Pigeon River—Confluence-E&W Forks to US 19/23 Haywood Regional Health & Fitness Center Whitewater of Waynesville (828) 454-9565 (828) 452-8080 4 17 Maggie Valley Area Jonathan Valley Elementary School Maggie Valley (behind Town Hall) Dance
Waynesville Angie’s Dance Academy Allens Creek Park (.4 mile) 115 Glance Street · Clyde Blue Ridge Paper (Howell Mill Rd) (828) 627-3267 Dutch Fisher Park * Lake Junaluska Assembly (2.5 miles) * The Dance Connection of Waynesville Richland Creek Greenway (5.7 mi.-Multi-use/Handicap Access)* 9 Forga Plaza Loop ·Waynesville Waynesville Middle School (1/4 mile) (828) 452-0093 Waynesville Rec. Center (indoor-/10 mile /outdoor-1/4 mile) (828-648-4490 Canton
Waynesville Parks & Recreation Volks Walking 55 Vance Street · Waynesville (A walking program that encourages recording mileage in a journal) (828)456-2030 Lake Junaluska Assembly Trail Map available at Lake Junaluska Administration Office Music Works 489 Pigeon St. · Waynesville Maggie Valley (828) 456-2283 Trail Map available at the Microtel Inn & Suites
Waynesville Clogging Trail Map available at Mast General Store
For Volswalking information contact: Wayne Oak at 452-5676 Appalachian Dance & Music Preservation Free lessons for ages 4 - adult. Saturdays, January & February. Beaverdam Community Center. (828) 648-0977
Volleyball Year-Round Clog Dance Teams
Haywood Community College Mountain Valley Kids/Cloggers-Billie Scruggs (828) 648-0977 185 Freelander Drive · Clyde Rough Creek Cloggers -Charles Stephenson (828) 627-8931 Green Valley Cloggers-Don Warren (828) 667-8931 Haywood Regional Health & Fitness Center 75 Leroy George Drive · Clyde (828) 452-8080 Disc Golf Lake Junaluska Assembly Shackford Hall Road · Lake Junaluska Waynesville Disc Golf Course (18 holes) (outdoor sand court) Waynesville Recreation Center 550 Vance Street · Waynesville Waynesville (828) 456-2030 550 Vance Street · Waynesville (outdoor sand court & indoor court)
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Tennis Fitness/Recreation Centers (Some include classes and Personal Trainers ) Donnie Pankiw Tennis Center Curves For Women 6 Hard Courts - lighted 1384 Sulfur Springs Rd.· Waynesville West Marshall St. · Waynesville (828) 456-3222 (828) 456-2030
Curves For Women Lake Junaluska Assembly 61 Plaza Loop · Canton 6 hard courts (pass required) (828) 648-4490 Memory Lane · Lake Junaluska (pass required)
Downtown Fitness Club Laurel Ridge Country Club 303 N. Haywood St. · Waynesville 4 clay courts (membership required) (828)452-4482 788 Eagle Nest Rd. · Waynesville (828)452-0545 Haywood Regional Health & Fitness Center 75 Leroy George Drive · Clyde Pisgah High School (828) 452-8080 4 hard courts Black Bear Road (828) 646-3440 Kim’s Gym 60 S. Main St. · Waynesville Waynesville Country Club (828) 734-0073 2 hard courts (membership required) Country Club Drive · Waynesville Waynesville Old Armory Recreation Center 44 Boundary Street · Waynesville (828) 456-9207 Tracks & Trails * Indicates at least partial gravel or dirt surface Waynesville Recreation Center 550 Vance Street · Waynesville Bethel (828) 456-2030 Bethel Middle School (1/4 mile)
World Gym of Canton Canton 68 New Clyde Hwy · Canton Canton River Trail (1.3 miles) (828)646-2661 International Sports Complex (.4 mile) * Meadowbrook Elementary School (1/5 mile) North Canton Elementary School (1/5 mile) Golf Pisgah High School (1/4 mile) Rough Creek Watershed Trail (7 miles—coming 2008)* Iron Tree Golf Course, 18 holes (828) 627-1933 Clyde Clyde Elementary School (1/4 mile) Lake Junaluska Golf Course, 18 holes, par 69 Haywood Community College (1.0 mile) (828) 456-5777 Haywood Regional Health & Fitness Center (indoor 1/10 mile) Riverbend Elementary School Tuscola High School (1/4 mile)
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Laurel Ridge Country Club, 18 holes, par 72 Skateboarding (828) 456-3200
BP Skate Park Maggie Valley Club, 18 holes, par 72 (828) 926-6013 117 Muse Business Park Waynesville 452-0011 Junaluska Driving Range (828) 454-0660
Skiing/Snowboarding Springdale County Club, 18 holes, par 72 (828) 235-8541 Blue Ridge Parkway Area Cross country ski at your own risk Waynesville Country Club, 27 holes, par 70 (828) 452-4617 Cataloochee Ski Area 1080 Ski Lodge Road Gymnastics Maggie Valley, NC (828)926-0285 Angie’s Dance Academy 115 Glance Street Clyde, NC 28721 Max Patch Bald (828) 627-3267 Exit 7 off I-40 15 miles up then follow signs Haywood Regional Health & Fitness Center Cross country ski at your own risk 75 Leroy George Drive Clyde, NC 28716 (828) 452-8080
Swimming Pools Hiking Following is a list of trails that are partly or completely found in Outdoor Haywood County. This is a list, not a trail guide. For details Canton Recreation Park about trails listed, and to get trail maps, please visit Haywood Penland Street · Canton County Chamber of Commerce, a local outfitters store or book- (828) 646-3411 store or contact the resources at the end of this list.
Lake Junaluska Assembly Great Smoky Mountains National Park Area Memory Lane · Lake Junaluska (828) 452-2881 Asbury Trail Balsam Mountain Trail * Indoor Baxter Creek Trail Big Creek Trail Haywood Regional Health & Fitness Center Big Fork Ridge Trail 75 Leroy George Drive · Clyde Booger Man Trail via Caldwell Fork Trail (828) 452-8080 14 7 Baseball/Softball Facilities Caldwell Fork Trail Camel Gap Trail * (other than county schools and church properties)
Cataloochee Divide Trail American Legion Field Chestnut Branch Trail * 171 Legion Drive · Waynesville Flat Creek Trail Gunter Fork Trail Canton Recreation Park Penland Street · Canton Hemphill Bald Trail Little Cataloochee Trail Canton International Sports Complex Low Gap Trail (#1) * Beaverdam Road off I40 Long Bunk Trail Mt. Cammerer Fire Tower Trail Dutch Fisher Park Mt. Sterling Ridge Trail via Baxter Creek Trail Westwood Circle · Hazelwood
Mt. Sterling Fire Tower via Mt. Sterling Ridge Trail Elks Field Palmer Creek Trail 510 Dellwood Road · Waynesville Polls Gap Trail Pretty Hollow Trail Vance Street Park Vance Street · Waynesville Rough Fork Trail Swallow Fork Trail Waynesville Recreation Park Walnut Bottoms via Big Creek Trail Marshall Street · Waynesville
* Trails that directly connect with the Appalachian Trail Soccer/Multi-Purpose Facilities
Blue Ridge Parkway / Shining Rock Allens Creek Park Allens Creek Road · Waynesville Wilderness / Pisgah National Forest Area Art Loeb Trail Hazelwood Elementary School Big East Fork Trail Hyatt Creek Rd · Waynesville Black Balsam Knob Trail Black Balsam Knob & Tennet Mountain Trail Vance Street Park Vance Street · Waynesville Cold Mountain Trail Devil’s Courthouse Trail Shuffleboard Gage Bald & Charley’s Bald from Bearpen Gap Graveyard Fields Loop Trail Lake Junaluska Assembly Greasy Cove Trail Memory Lane · Pass Required Heintooga Picnic Area to Flat Creek Falls (828) 452-2881
Hemphill Bald from Paul’s Gap Waynesville Old Armory Recreation Center Little East Fork Trail 44 Boundary Street · Indoor (828) 456-9207 Rough Creek Watershed Trail Canton (2008) 8 13
Mountains To Sea Trail: Grassy Ridge Mine Overlook to Balsam Gap Dutch Fisher Park Grassy Ridge Mine Overlook to Old Bald Mountain Westwood Circle · Hazelwood NC 215 to Rough Butt Bald Overlook Rough Butt Bald to Wet Camp Gap East Street Park Pisgah Inn Circuit Corner of East & Howell Street · Waynesville Rough Butt Bald Trail Water Rock Knob Trail Sulphur Springs Park* Sulphur Springs Road · Waynesville French Broad / Harmon Den Area (Appalachian Ranger District) Vance Street Park* Ground Hog Creek Trail 550 Vance St.· Waynesville Max Patch Mountain Trail Rube Rock Trail Allens Creek Park 1725 Allens Creek Road · Waynesville Other Chambers Mountain Trail Fines Creek Community Center Fines Creek Road · Fines Creek Appalachian Trail Approximately 30 miles of the AT runs along the NC/TN line as Lake Junaluska Assembly Haywood County’s northern border. When hiking this section of Shackford Hall Road · Lake Junaluska the AT you may have one foot in NC and one in TN at the same time! The entire AT runs from Springer Mt., GA to Mt. Katahdin, Maggie Valley ME, a total of 2,000 miles.
3987 Soco Road ·Maggie Valley Mountains to Sea Trail Approximately 38 miles of the MTS Trail runs along the Haywood County line. When finished, this trail will run from Clingman’s Racquetball Dome in the Great Smoky Mt. National Park in Western NC to
Jockey’s Ridge State Park on the Outer Banks of NC. Haywood Regional Health & Fitness Center 75 Leroy George Drive · Clyde Resources for more Information: Appalachian Ranger District French Broad Unit Office – 828-622-3202 Waynesville Recreation Center 550 Vance Street · Waynesville Great Smoky Mountains National Park Office – 865-436-1297 (Map # 229)
Haywood County Chamber Of Commerce – 828-456-3021 (Trails Map)
Pisgah Ranger District Office – 828-877-3265 (Map # 780)
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Horseback Riding
Guided Trail Rides Horseshoes
Best Haven Farms 95 Glades Road · Clyde(828) 627-2076 Lake Junaluska Assembly Memory Lane Cataloochee Riding Stables (828) 452-2881 119 Ranch Drive · Maggie Valley (828) 926-1401 Waynesville Recreation Park Marshall Street Hyder Mountain Horse Farm (828) 456-2030
222 Brigadon Drive · Clyde (828) 627-6999 Martial Arts
Jonathan Valley Stables Mountain Martial Arts 219 Shelton Cove Road · Waynesville 218 Branner Avenue · Waynesville (828) 926-8778 (828) 646-7520
Meadow Song Farm Riley Academy of Martial Arts 151 Main Street · Canton 110 Lake Logan Road · Canton (828) 648-5400 (828) 235-9009 Waynesville Old Armory Recreation Center Queen’s Farm & Riding Stables 44 Boundary Street · Waynesville 2180 Dellwood Road · Maggie Valley (828) 456-9207 (828) 926-0718 Parks Rocking T Stables *Indicates no playground 37 Short Ridge Lane · Clyde (828) 627-0316 Canton Recreation Park Horse Camps Penland St. · Canton
Cataloochee Valley Clyde Park* 1-800-365-CAMP (2267) Spencer Street· Clyde
Harmon Den Waynesville Recreation Park (828)257-4200 Waynesville Kiwanis Community Playground Horse Camps & Lessons Inclusive playground West Marshall Street · Waynesville Mountain Dell Equestrian Center Hyatt Creek (828) 452-9330
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