Sugaw Creek Park (Charlotte, North Carolina)

Sugaw Creek Park
Type Public park
Location Charlotte, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°16′21″N 80°47′47″W / 35.2725°N 80.7963°W / 35.2725; -80.7963Coordinates: 35°16′21″N 80°47′47″W / 35.2725°N 80.7963°W / 35.2725; -80.7963
Area 73 acres
Operated by Mecklenburg County Parks and Recreation
Website Sugaw Creek Park

Sugaw Creek Park is a 73-acre (30 ha) urban park at 943 West Sugar Creek Road in Charlotte, North Carolina. It has an 18-hole disc golf course and a recreation center which contains a gym and kitchen and several multipurpose rooms. There are six lighted tennis courts, a lighted baseball field, a lighted multipurpose field, a volleyball court, and picnic areas with grills and shelters.[1]

The Professional Disc Golf Association rates Sugaw Creek Park disc golf course as fairly challenging.[2]

The park's trails were damaged by Hurricane Hugo, and were repaired by a cleanup effort for National Trails Day.[3]

It takes its name from the Sugar or Sugaw Creek.

References

  1. Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation: Sugaw Creek Park
  2. Professional Disc Golf Association - Sugaw Creek Park.
  3. Colorado State Trails News: Programs & Information (1995), page 5: Trails at Charlotte, North Carolina's Sugaw Creek Park were in disrepair as a result of Hurricane Hugo in 1989.


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