Econo Lodge
With rooms from $51 to $60, the Econo Lodge is a budget-friendly motel that offers a large television, microwave, refrigerator, hair dryer and coffee maker in every room. Some rooms are also equipped with high-speed wireless Internet. Only four miles from Kerr Lake, travelers can enjoy nearby fishing, boating and other recreational activities without having to drive too far.
The Econo Lodge
112 Parham Rd., Henderson, NC 27536
252-438-8511
The Sleep Inn
This pet-friendly motel offers rooms that range from $67 to $72 a night in 2010 and is equipped with high speed Internet, a microwave oven, cable television, a hair dryer, iron and ironing board in each room. The hotel is a nonsmoking facility and is conveniently located just one mile from the mall, two miles from a movie theater and six miles from Kerr Lake. There are exercise rooms available to guests, as well as laundry service, group meeting rooms, a free continental breakfast and complimentary newspapers.
Sleep Inn
18 Market St.
Henderson, NC 27537-3788
Phone: 252-433-9449
Tobacco Farm Camp
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The quaint and rustic Pirate's Den and the Tarheel Retreat are cabins on an old tobacco farm. Both camps rent for $65 to $75 a night in 2010 and include a full kitchen, queen-sized bed, convertible sleeper sofa, coffee maker, microwave, refrigerator, toaster oven and a screened-in covered porch to sit on as you listen to the peaceful sounds of the nearby woods. The cabins are fully stocked with all the things you will need to make your stay comfortable--linens, creamers, dishes and dishtowels--and are only two miles from Kerr Lake.
Tobacco Farm Camp
1680 Flemingtown Rd.
Henderson, NC 27537
1-877-222-0100
camp@tobaccofarm.net
Article Written By Tammy Quinn Mckillip
Tammy Quinn McKillip has written extensively in print and online publications about pets, parenting, theater, design, health and environmentalism since 1999. She is the editor of the Macaroni Kid National Family Safety newsletter and publisher and editor of "Macaroni Kid," a local family-friendly weekly events newsletter. She is pursuing her Master of Fine Arts in creative writing at City College of New York.
