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Laughing Waters at Hickory Nut Forest is a retreat site and community center offering a deeply rejuvenating experience in a beautiful mountain setting. Our wide diversity of programs and community events help people realize their fullest potential – within themselves, as part of their community, and for the health of the world around them. 

Laughing Waters at Hickory Nut Forest is a special retreat site and community center located on over 100 acres in the beautiful Hickory Nut Gorge. Sitting by the tumbling Hickory Nut Creek, this nurturing place provides a welcome respite from the hustle and bustle of our everyday lives. All who come here are renewed and rejuvenated, simply by the beauty and splendor of the forest, the creek and the land.