Visit

Hickory, North Carolina is a wonderful place to live, offers the amenities of a large city while basking in small town charm. Hickory is also close to many large cities, including Charlotte and Asheville.

Places To Eat

• The Olde Hickory Tap Room
• Olde Hickory Station
• Backstreets Bar and Grill
• Mellow Mushroom
• Hannah's BBQ, and more

Things To Do

• Attend a Hickory Crawdads Minor League Baseball Game (Texas Rangers Affiliate)
• Enjoy a boat ride on Lake Hickory
• Take a walk in Glenn Hilton Park
• Indulge at the Farmer's Market
• Shop at Valley Hills Mall, Best Buy, Target, Dick's Sporting Goods, Academy Sports and Outdoors, among others

The following hotels are close to campus and will offer discounts, just ask for the LRU Guest Rate.

• Hilton Garden Inn: 828.327.1000
• Courtyard/Marriott: 828.267.2100
• Crowne Plaza Hickory: 828.323.1000
• Fairfield Inn & Suites: 828.431.3000
• Hampton Inn: 828.624.2000
• Holiday Inn Express: 828.328.2081
• Kozy Kottage Uptown

For Google Map directions us our virtual campus map. For GPS, please use 510 7th Avenue NE, Hickory, N.C. 28601.

From Interstate 40:

• Take Exit 125 Lenoir-Rhyne University Exit.
• Turn North onto Lenoir-Rhyne Blvd.
• Pass Kickback Jacks and Mellow Mushroom restaurants on the right. Go thru five lights. At the sixth light (7th Avenue, NE) take a left.
• Go straight through the next light. Campus will be on your right. Go to the end of the block and turn right onto Stasavich Place.
• Turn immediately into the parking lot on your right, which has reserved parking spaces for Admission visitors.
• Admission Visitor Parking is directly across the street from the Admission Office (Lohr Hall).

From Charlotte Airport/Gastonia:

• Take Billy Graham Parkway North (left lane) to I-85 South.
• Take I-85 South to Gastonia for about 15 minutes.
• Take US 321 North (Exit 17) and turn left at the light.
• Take US 321 North until the highway intersects I-40 (Exit 43).
• Take I-40 East to Exit 125 -- follow directions for From Interstate 40 above.

From Boone:

• Follow US 321 South.
• Upon entering Hickory, cross Lake Hickory. Turn left at Clement Boulevard NW (between Racetrac Gas and CVS).
• Proceed to the second stoplight at 12th Avenue NW.
• Turn left and follow to the next stoplight (a T-intersection).
• Turn right onto 6th Street NW.
• Take the second left onto 9th Avenue NW, proceed through three stoplights, and turn right on 3rdStreet NE.
• Take an immediate left onto 7th Avenue NE. Proceed up the hill to the stop sign.
• Turn left onto Stasavich Place and immediately turn in to parking lot on your right.
• Admission Visitor Parking is directly across the street from the Admission Office (Lohr Hall).