Victory Mountain youth camp grounds in Sophia, North Carolina – a review

Victory Mountain youth camp grounds in Sophia, North Carolina – a review

Victory Mountain Camp is remotely located in Sophia, North Carolina which is part of Randolph County, North Carolina. Victory Mountain Camp is just away from everything and oh so beautiful. I immensely enjoyed chaperoning my young son’s school field trip to Victory Mountain Camp in Sophia, North Carolina. Victory Mountain Camp is a remote and peaceful oasis of sorts as it features quiet fields, lots of trees, lakes, farm houses, barns, and lots of farm animals including, hogs, small pigs, goats, hens, cows and more. There is a pumpkin patch and the children took pumpkins home.
I love when an establishment has a really good website on the internet. When I learned that the school field trip would be to Victory Mountain Camp (VMC), I made sure to take a look at the website. The website is lovely with illustrative photos and when we physically went to Victory Mountain Camp, it lived up to the expectations I had from what I had seen beforehand on the website that markets Victory Mountain Camp, victorymountaincamp.com.

We were first greeted by the hosts that work at Victory Mountain Camp. Small plastic baggies containing a popcorn snack and cups of water were handed out to us as we arrived. The special features of Victory Mountain Camp were explained to us and then we were on our way. There was a nature walk as well as story time with story books about pumpkins of course. After story time by a very effective narrator who sat in a rocking chair, the children and adult chaperones which included teachers, teacher assistants and some parent volunteers were invited to board a hay ride that was lots of fun and exciting for the children.

The property is very expansive, covering nearly 150 acres. With so many acres of land at Victory Mountain Camp grounds, the little children’s feet can take them but so far on the many walks. The hay ride gave everyone a break from all the walking and covered quite a bit of the expanse of the grounds. The kids enjoyed looking at the sights as the hay ride moved along. Upon disembarking from the hay ride, there was another nature walk as we approached a barn and were able to see many animals. One popular topic of conversation was a large hog weighing over 400 pounds! There were many smaller pigs running around as well. Both the adults and children were invited to pet many of the animals and feed the goats some bread. The goats were frisky and playful and very ready to grab the bread. There were photo opportunities and lots of hand sanitizer on hand for when everyone finished petting the animals. That included being able to hold baby chicks with a words of caution beforehand about how to handle the delicate and soft creatures so as not to hurt them.

The Christian based Victory Mountain Camp is a very beautiful place with encouraging words of scripture posted in various places with various media including chalk on boards. Specifically, Victory Mountain Camp is affiliated with the Wesleyan Church.

There was free play time for the children to run around and multiple walks, some of which were guided by a Victory Mountain Camp employee. Among the many topics of discussion on the walks was talking about the numerous types of trees including maple trees and what type of leaves can be found on each variety of tree.

The arrays of pumpkins were beautiful and festive. The group convened for lunch in a large cabin also decorated with beautiful phrases from the Holy Bible.
The lunch was a hot dog lunch with tasty French fries and lemonade drinks. A field trip would not be a field trip without bathroom breaks for the kids and it was during these breaks that the group was able to see the interior of various other buildings on the grounds including cabins that had bedrooms and bunk beds for those who go to the grounds for overnight trips as opposed to just a day trip as we did. In all, we were there for approximately 5 hours and it was a lovely time.

The employees at Victory Mountain Camp were very pleasant people who seemed genuinely delighted to see when a large group of visitors arrived and they were very ready to show their hospitality.