Mecklenburg County Parkland Reserves
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 space, park, or recreation space. Often, this land is left undeveloped until Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) funding becomes available. Parkland Reserves are often, but not always, earmarked to become park space in the future. The land may have conservation easements held by land trusts or deed restrictions based on funding used to purchase the property.
Below are the current properties that the County owns for future development. While most of these are not yet funded for activation, the properties are reserved for future park uses. When funding is allocated to each project, we will host community meetings to help decide what gets developed on the site.
Mecklenburg County will have an additional $50 million to pursue more opportunities for parkland acquisitions during Fiscal Year 2024 (July 2023-June 2024).
Mecklenburg County Parkland Reserve Properties
The list totals 3,003 acres (updated in February 2024). You can search for the location of these properties in the map below or on Polaris 3G: https://polaris3g.mecklenburgcountync.gov/
Local Parks
(Parks that will serve residents in walking/biking proximity to the park)
- BLUFF HILL PARK
- BROOKTREE PARK
- CALDWELL PARK
- CEDARWOOD POINTE PARK
- EAST REGION GAP PARK
- FOREST POINT PARK
- GANDER COVE PARK
- GENERATIONS STREET PARK
- GRAHAM STREET PARK
- GREENE STREET PARK
- HIDDEN VALLEY PARK
- INDEPENDENCE POINTE PARK
- JOHNSTON ROAD PARK
- LAKE DRIVE PARK
- LARGE OAK PARK
- LONG CREEK PARK
- MCDOWELL CREEK PARK
- OLD MOORES CHAPEL PARK
- OLD POTTERS ROAD PARK
- PLAZA ROAD PARK
- RIVERHAVEN DRIVE PROPERTY
- SUGAR CREEK ROAD PARK
- TEDDINGTON PARK
- TWO SPRING PARK
- UNIVERSITY MEADOWS PARK
- WILLIAMS-OLMSTEAD PARK
Regional Parks
(Parks that will serve residents regionally and will include parking)
- BACK CREEK PARK
- BERRYHILL PARK
- BROWN MILL PARK
- BUCKTHORN PARK
- CAPPS PARK
- CHARLES AND IDA GRAHAM PARK
- CLEAR CREEK PARK
- COOK PARK
- CRAB ORCHARD PARK
- EAST CHARLOTTE PARK
- EASTFIELD PARK - Current Capital Project. Visit: www.publicinput.com/Eastfield
- EZELL FARM PARK - Current Capital Project. Visit: www.publicinput.com/Ezell
- FAIRVIEW RD PARK
- FERRELLTOWN PARK
- HICKORY VIEW PROPERTY
- IBM DRIVE PARK
- GAR CREEK PARK (KERNS ROAD PARK)
- KUCK ROAD PARK
- LAKEVIEW PARK
- MARMAC ROAD PARK
- PURSER-HULSEY PARK (MATTHEWS-MINT HILL PARK) - Current Town of Matthews Site. Visit: https://www.matthewsnc.gov/facilityview.aspx?fid=54
- MCILWAINE PARK
- MELODY PARK
- NORTHLAKE AREA PROPERTY
- OAK HILLS PARK - Initial Activation with Long Creek Greenway Trail Project. Visit: www.PublicInput.com/LongCreek
- RIDGE ROAD PARK (OEHLER AT RIDGE RD)
- PLANK ROAD PARK
- POTTSTOWN PARK
- REDDMAN PARK
- RIVERSIDE DRIVE PARK
- CRAB ORCHARD PARK (ROCKY RIVER GREEN)
- WEST COVE PARK
- WHITE PARK
Nature Preserves
(Note that while some nature preserves are not activated for people, they are already serving their desired function for habitat)
- AUTEN NATURE PRESERVE
- HAYMARKET NATURE PRESERVE
- OEHLER NATURE PRESERVE
- PROVIDENCE NATURE PRESERVE
- ROZZELLES FERRY NATURE PRESERVE - Funded for Activation in FY 24-28 CIP: www.PublicInput.com/24CIP
- SHUFFLETOWN PRAIRIE NATURE PRESERVE
Note that this list does not include an additional 4,418 acres of Greenway Trail Properties across the County.
Want to zoom in? You can also download a pdf of this map in the documents section below.
Additional questions about any of these or other properties? Contact:
Katie Lloyd, Senior Planner
Katie.Lloyd@MeckNC.gov or 980-266-0691