Love this park. Always well kept and lots of great walking trails. It's also a great spot for a…read morepicnic.

We came here to get outside on some local trails when we didn't want to drive to the mountains…read more It's a pretty big park with a lot of criss crossing trails. It has a lot of mountain biking trails, but we were just hiking. The lake is really pretty and some of the trails go right along it. I'm not sure if we followed an actual predefined hike, but I think we walked for about 4 miles which is pretty good for a Charlotte park. If you're looking to get outside in Charlotte, check out this park!

(From November 2025)…read more I can't remember how I found this but as I'm driving in Charlotte, my dad and I stopped here to check it out. This is one of the most beautiful parks I've had the pleasure of visiting. There are beautiful views, playgrounds and lawn space for children's play, plenty of parking, trails for walking/bike riding, several bridges, and large trees to compliment the fields. The park is well-kept as everyone here ensures cleanliness and top maintenance. As my dad and I sat down on the bench and soaked in our surroundings, we observed a plethora of activity which included some people flying drones, kids competing in the playground's obstacle course, elderly folks walking, dogs running amok, people racing toy cars, and a few people cycling. The positive energy and vibes were radiant. I'm glad we stopped by here. Definitely worth a visit in Charlotte!

What a gorgeous park! Just moved to Charlotte and was looking for a place to walk the dogs. This…read morepark is amazing! It had a great walking path around the water, a greenway, an amaaaaazing playground for kids, sports fields, decent-ish bathrooms, and lots of parking! Would highly recommend!

Owned and operated by the Weddington Optimist Club and not the City of Weddington, over $3m has…read morebeen spent or donated on the park to bring it to the current setup. It is an impressive installation. Lighted baseball fields, including one capable of playing a minor league game, softball fields, batting cages, lighted soccer field, playground, a two-story concessions and meeting room building and even picnic shelters. My favorite was the half-mile walking trail and I got in a quick look around. I am absolutely a fan! [Review 13106 overall, 423 of 2020.]

I am a player there and it is super fun and have nice fields for every sport that they have there!read more

This is a pleasant little athletic complex convenient to the Raintree neighborhood and accessible…read moreby sidewalk from other neighborhoods and apartments even miles away. There is a well maintained soccer/football field with lines and field goal posts. It's surrounded by a quarter-mile track with a softer paved turf made for track and field competition. A multisport field sits in the middle of the complex where I've seen pick up soccer games, lacrosse practice and ultimate frisbee among other things played. At the end closest to the middle school is a large baseball field and a smaller field probably for softball and kickball. The parking area directly in front of the fields is usually opened at dawn but is small. For bigger events you can park at the middle school and walk a paved path less than a mile long from there to these fields. The path passes a wetland area with an unofficial nature trail through it (that probably gets really muddy after a rain). It's a great spot to go and get fit, especially now as COVID has the school closed giving more time for public use of the fields. I even saw a proposal on the city of Charlotte page to one day turn this into a more official Olympic grade sports training complex. Would be cool to see if that happens.

I go here multiple times a week,I do wish they had lacrosse goals and a flat wall.But overall a…read moregreat outdoor activity for the family.

I finally made a proper visit to this park. I've passed it by almost every day for the last four…read moreyears, so it was about time. It's a very quiet, quaint and beautiful park tucked in the heart of Pineville, just behind the police station. There is a path which the website says is 1.5 miles. Having walked it, even down the several disjointed sections, I found it to be barely one mile. So, I'm not sure where the other half mile comes from. The grounds are beautifully maintained with crepe myrtle trees aplenty, lots of paved space, flower beds and solid brick buildings. Three baseball fields (technically one and two softball fields), a multipurpose soccer/football/etc. field in the back, a huge painted metal playground and a large steel and concrete bridge over a big creek. The parking lot is huge and well maintained too. There is a train track running just alongside and a few old mill towers and water towers in view. This is arguably the perfect park representative of rural America, despite not being quite so rural compared to when it first opened in the 60s. When there aren't games here, which is most of the time, it's almost dead empty and eerily quiet. If that's your style, you should absolutely pay it a visit.

Kinda useless unless you just want to walk around. Can't use the baseball field, can't use the…read moresoccer field . I thought it was supposed to be a public park?

This very large athletic complex is not operated by the City of Matthews or Mecklenburg County. It…read moreis entirely private and run by the Matthews Athletic & Recreation Association. You can't just show up and play on the fields. They have a long list of rules posted. So keep that in mind. There are football fields, baseball diamonds, softball fields and a huge gravel parking lot. They have a large concessions stand building. This is organized sports for sure. [Review 11588 overall, 1368 of 2019.]

Jaycee park has an outdoor basketball court, baseball field, playground, restrooms & a concession…read morestand. It's a nice space that takes advantage of the bowl shape to provide some "nosebleed" seating above the outfield. It's quite a large baseball field with a dirt infield and lots of room for spectators. There is a large parking lot at the bottom of the hill and across 15th Avenue. [Review 15402 overall, 905 of 2021, number 2952 in North Carolina.]

Located at the intersection of US Highway 52 and Efird Street, Don Montgomery Park / Optimist Park…read moreis currently the primary youth baseball facility in Albemarle, serving as home field for Albemarle Dixie Youth Baseball, Albemarle Babe Ruth Baseball, Albemarle High School Baseball, and the Stanly County American Legion Baseball teams. The park features a full-size lighted baseball field, a youth-size lighted baseball field, and a youth-size unlighted baseball field, in addition to a playground and picnic shelter. The facility is named in memory of Albemarle native Don Montgomery, an NC State University athlete, ex-Major League Baseball player, and decorated military veteran. There is also a plaque honoring the 1940 Junior World Series Champions that lists the names of the players and coaches. There is parking along Efird Street. [Review 13915 overall, 1237 of 2020, number 2559 in North Carolina.]