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Featured Projects & Surveys
Park and Recreation Closures
Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation periodically has to close portions of existing parks, greenway trails, or facilities for construction or other coordination. Please see below for current closures.
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Park and Recreation Planning Studies
Park and Recreation staff work internally or with consultants to study future parks, nature preserves, and greenway trails. Below are projects that have been studied for future development but that do...
New Park and Nature Preserve Investment Projects
The projects below are park or nature preserve projects that add new parks to the system or expand existing parks by adding new phases. These projects are either in design or construction. Click on a project...
Master Plan
Find out more about Meck Playbook, Mecklenburg County's Comprehensive Park and Recreation Master Plan.
Park and Nature Preserve Reinvestment Projects
Mecklenburg County is committed to improving existing parks and nature preserves. The projects below are currently in design or construction to improve existing parks and amenities.
Greenway Trail Projects
Mecklenburg County is building greenway trails faster than ever before! The projects below are either in design or construction. Click on a project to find out more information.
Active Projects & Surveys
Sheffield Park Improvements
Sheffield Park is an 8+ acre local park at 1331 Tarrington Ave, Charlotte, NC 28205 in East Charlotte. The park offers paved and unpaved walking trails, a playground, picnic shelters, basketball, tennis,...
Mallard Creek Recreation Center
Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation is beginning the design process to renovate and improve Mallard Creek Recreation Center, a 20,000 square foot recreation center built in 1997. The center is located...
Little Sugar Creek Greenway (Replacement from E. Morehead St to East Blvd)
Atrium Health is rebuilding an improved Little Sugar Creek Greenway from E. Morehead St to East Boulevard for the public as part of their renovations. The greenway project is one mile in length....
Mecklenburg County Parkland Reserves
Every year, Mecklenburg County actively acquires land for future park, greenway trail, and nature preserve development. A parkland Reserve is land held in perpetuity (or on long term lease) as open...
Park Road Park Pavilion
A proposed +/- 4,500 square foot indoor pavilion is being designed to replace the old restroom/concession building on the peninsula overlooking the lake at Park Road Park. This new facility was a 2008...
Naomi Drenan Recreation Center and Grayson Skatepark
Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation is beginning the design process to renovate and improve Naomi Drenan Recreation Center as well as complete improvements to Grayson Park and the existing Grayson Skatepark. Naomi...
Wintertfield Park Improved Connections
Park and Recreation is looking to improve connections to Winterfield Park from the surrounding community. In partnership with Safe Routes to School, the improved connection(s) to the park will also...
Monroe Road Park
Monroe Road Park is located at 5715 Monroe Road in East Charlotte, NC. We are partnering with Mecklenburg County LUESA – Solid Waste on a new Recycling Center that will be included in the park...
Sugar Creek Greenway: Yorkmont to McDowell Farms
This ~3 mile section of trail is the first funded phase of Sugar Creek Greenway and will connect Yorkmont Road to McDowell Farms Drive. This project will provide a public parking area on South Tryon Street...
Archdale Park Improvements
Archdale Park, located at 5400 Cherrycrest Lane, is 16.6 acres and currently includes a basketball court, picnic shelter, playground, and multipurpose field. Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation will...
Cherry Park Improvements
Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation is working to make improvements to Cherry Park, an existing 2 acre park located at 1509 Baxter Street in Charlotte. The park currently has a full-court basketball...
Irwin Creek Greenway: Statesville Road to Allen Hills Park
Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation will be adding to its greenway system by completing a ~ 2-mile linear green space called Irwin Creek Greenway. This greenway is in the North Park Region and will...
Park and Rec Draft ADA Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan
Welcome to the Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation Department’s public engagement site for the ADA Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan Update.
Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation Department...
Eastland Park
Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation is designing a new ~4.5 acre urban park in East Charlotte, on the site of the Eastland Yards development and former Eastland Mall.
We appreciate everyone...
Doby Creek Greenway Planning Study
Welcome to the Doby Creek Greenway Planning Study's public input webpage! Mecklenburg County is conducting planning studies for greenway trails along portions of the greenway system as reflected...
Back Creek Greenway Planning Study
Welcome to the Back Creek Greenway Planning Study's public input webpage! Mecklenburg County is conducting planning studies for greenway trails along portions of the greenway system as reflected...
Back Creek Park Planning Study
Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation has completed a feasibility study for future program use at Back Creek Park. This park project is not currently funded. The intent of the study is to determine...
Harrisburg Road Park
Harrisburg Road Park is located at 7701 Harrisburg Road in Charlotte, NC. The existing 3 acre park includes a full court basketball court and picnic shelter. The Mecklenburg County...
Viewmont Park
Viewmont Park is located at 5400 Viewmont Dr. in Charlotte, NC. The existing ~11 acre park includes play equipment and walking trails.
The Mecklenburg County Board of County Commissioners...
Briar/Little Hope Creek Greenway
The Briar/Little Hope Creek greenway project will construct 1.5 miles of greenway trail in south Charlotte. The first segment of trail will be constructed from Keystone Court moving southeast...
FY 24-28 Capital Improvement Plan
The Mecklenburg County Board of County Commissioners approved the Fiscal Years 2024-2028 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) on June 6, 2023. Mecklenburg County's CIP is a five-year investment plan, which...
McIntyre Creek Greenway: Beatties Ford to Clarencefield
Welcome to the McIntyre Creek Greenway Public Input webpage. This .6 mile section of greenway will be the first greenway constructed on McIntyre Creek. The greenway will be located entirely within Hornets...
Harry L. Jones, Sr. Golf Course
Welcome to the Harry L. Jones, Sr. Golf Course public input webpage, formally the Renaissance Park Golf Course. The Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners approved a request to rename this course...
McDowell Creek Greenway
Welcome to the McDowell Creek Greenway public input webpage. McDowell Creek Greenway will extend from existing McDowell Creek Greenway (at Sam Furr Road) to existing Torrence Creek...
Fred Alexander Park
Fred Alexander Park is located at 1832 Griers Grove Road in Charlotte, NC. The existing 6 acre park includes a full court basketball court, tennis court, picnic shelter, playground, picnic area, community...
Devonshire Park
Devonshire Park is located at 6330 Barrington Dr in Charlotte, NC. The existing 1.7 acre park includes a playground and walking trails.
The Mecklenburg County Board of County Commissioners...
Reedy Creek Greenway: Rocky River Rd. to Plaza Rd. Ext.
Welcome to the Reedy Creek Greenway public input webpage. Reedy Creek Greenway will extend from Rocky River Road to Plaza Road Extension through Reedy creek Park and Nature Preserve and...
Walker Branch & Hoover Creek Greenway
Welcome to the Walker Branch/Hoover Creek Greenway public input webpage.
Walker Branch & Hoover Creek Greenway will extend from Sledge Road to South Tryon Street (Hwy. 49) and existing Hoover Creek...
Torrence Trib. II Greenway: Rosewood Meadow Ln to CATS Park & Ride
Welcome to the Torrence Tributary II Greenway Project public input webpage.
You can find project updates, timelines, meetings, survey questions, project contacts and other important information about...
Historic Latta Reimagined
Latta Place occupies about 16 acres within Huntersville’s Latta Nature Preserve. Before its closure in 2021, it was a circa-1800 living history museum and farm which gave visitors a glimpse...
Little Sugar Creek Greenway and Stream Enhancement, Polk Historic Site to South Carolina State Line
Construction is complete on the last link of Little Sugar Creek Greenway heading south in Mecklenburg County. The greenway trail starts at the James K. Polk Historic Site and continues to the...
Stewart Creek Greenway
Construction began January 2022 and is anticipated to be complete in late 2023.
Mecklenburg County is beginning construction on a new section of Stewart Creek Greenway. The Stewart...
LC Coleman Park
LC Coleman Park is located at 1501 McDonald Street in Charlotte, NC. The existing 11 acre park includes two full-court basketball courts, one softball field, one tennis court, a playground, picnic...
Tryon Hills Park
Tryon Hills Park is located at 220 West 30th Street in Charlotte, NC. The existing 1.9 acre park includes a playground, picnic shelter with grill, half-court basketball court, and a walking trail.
The...
Briar Creek Greenway: Central to Monroe
Briar Creek Greenway, from the existing greenway at Masonic Drive to Monroe Road, will provide 1.6 miles of new greenway. Briar Creek flows from east Charlotte to Little Sugar Creek Greenway...
Lyon Court Connector
Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation invites residents to view and comment on the 8’ wide pedestrian bridge to be located between Veteran Lane and Lyon Court. The Lyon Court Connector will provide...
New Regional Park (Eastfield Park)
With an abundance of canopy trees, ephemeral streams and rolling topography, Eastfield Park has unlimited potential to provide multiple experiences. Eastfield Park is 114 acres and is located...
Paw Creek Greenway: Little Rock to Beckinhall (Loy)
The ~1.5 mile Little Rock Road to Loy Court section of trail is the first funded phase of Paw Creek Greenway. This project will connect the entrance of Robert L. Smith Park (at Little Rock Road) to...
General Inquiries and Ideas
Do you have an idea or a comment about something for Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation? Share your ideas below!
Meck Playbook Executive Summary (Dec. 2021)
The Meck Playbook Executive Summary is now posted below!
In the Fall of 2018, the Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation Department, or Mecklenburg Park & Rec, embarked on an exciting effort to...
Long Creek Greenway and Stream Improvement: Phases 1-3
The first ~1.5 mile phase of Long Creek Greenway is nearly complete from I-77 to Treyburn Drive, which includes a connection along Dixon Branch Greenway under W.T. Harris Blvd to connect to Northlake Center...
McAlpine Creek Greenway: NC-51 to Johnston Road
May 2023 Update: Mecklenburg County's consultants are finalizing the construction documents and we are preparing to bid the project in Summer 2023 with an anticipated construction start...
Albemarle Road Park
Albemarle Road Park is a neighborhood park in the South Park Region of Mecklenburg County. The entrance to Albemarle Road Park is off of W.T. Harris Blvd just south of Albemarle Road. Albemarle...
Ezell Community Park
The Ezell Farms Park Project is for the design and development of a new 91-acre park located at the corner of Matthews-Mint Hill Road and Mintwood Drive in Mint Hill. Phase One construction improvements...
Druid Hills Neighborhood Park
The Druid Hills Neighborhood Park Project will add improvements to an existing 7-acre park located at 2801 Poinsett Street, Charlotte. Improvements include a Restroom-Pavilion, public art, and a...
Caldwell Station Tributary Greenway
A new greenway trail approximately 1 mile in length that connects existing Caldwell Station Greenway to the new Nothern Regional Recreation Center on Old Statesville Road.
Construction started...
Meck Playbook
Mecklenburg County has experienced sustained (often booming!) growth since the mid 1800s. Amid this evolution, the County has consistently maintained a clear, supported vision for our parks and recreation...
Irvins Creek Greenway: Idlewild Road to Lakeview Circle
Irvins Creek Greenway construction began in January 2022 and should be complete in Summer 2023. This capital project will add the first section of greenway trail built on Irvins Creek in Matthews. ...