Charlotte’s Best Playgrounds: Where the Locals Take Their Kids
Every Charlotte parent keeps a mental league table of playgrounds. At the top: Frazier Park in Third Ward, where big climbers and a skate park...
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Reedy Creek Park and Nature Center: Charlotte’s East-Side Adventure
Reedy Creek Park is east Charlotte’s everything-park: 125 acres where a family day can hold a nature hike, a soccer game, a dog-park hour and...
McDowell Nature Preserve With Kids: Lake Wylie Trails and Campfire Nights
On Lake Wylie’s wooded shore in southwest Charlotte, McDowell Nature Preserve has been introducing city kids to the wild since the 1970s. Seven miles of...
Anne Springs Close Greenway: 2,100 Acres of Family Nature in Fort Mill
Just over the state line in Fort Mill, the Anne Springs Close Greenway protects 2,100 acres of the Piedmont the way the Close family intended:...
Game Day With Kids in Uptown: Panthers, Hornets, Knights and Charlotte FC
Few American downtowns pack this much family sports joy into a few blocks. Uptown Charlotte gives families four teams, four stadiums and four completely different...
Freedom Park Family Day: Lake, Locomotive and Endless Lawn
Freedom Park is the Charlotte family day that never fails. The formula hasn’t changed in generations because it doesn’t need to: kids “drive” the vintage...
North Carolina Zoo Day Trip: The World’s Largest Natural Habitat Zoo
Some zoos fit in a city park. The North Carolina Zoo sprawls across 2,800 acres of Uwharrie forest — the largest natural habitat zoo on...
Carowinds for Families: Thrills on the State Line
The state line runs right through the park — kids can ride a coaster in two states at once. Carowinds, Charlotte’s 400-acre theme park since...
Discovery Place Kids Huntersville: A Whole Town at Kid Scale
In downtown Huntersville, a whole town runs on imagination and stands about four feet tall. Discovery Place Kids is Discovery Place’s brilliant children’s museum: a...
U.S. National Whitewater Center: Charlotte’s Outdoor Family Playground
Only in Charlotte would a city build itself a river. The U.S. National Whitewater Center, a nonprofit outdoor campus on 1,300 acres along the Catawba...
