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The Big Rock Nature Preserve is a nature preserve and park with a natural rock shelter in Charlotte, North Carolina. Big Rock is known for its "very big and quite significant rocks" [ 2 ] which are the largest known exposed boulders in Mecklenburg County .
Reedy Creek Park is the home of the Charlotte based South Park Cricket Club. [2] The ruins of the John Robinson Rockhouse, a revolutionary era structure dating from the 1780s, lies deep within Reedy Creek Park, and can be reached by one of the popular trails leading through the nature preserve.
Freedom Park is a 98-acre park in Charlotte, North Carolina. [1] Located at 1900 East Boulevard, between Charlotte's historic Dilworth and Myers Park neighborhoods, the park is centered on a 7-acre lake, and is about 3 miles (4.8 km) from the heart of Charlotte's downtown area.
Discovery Place Nature, formerly Charlotte Nature Museum, [1] is located at 1658 Sterling Road in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Museum features interactive nature exhibits and live animal displays, including a butterfly pavilion, live species, insects , and a variety of native North Carolina animals.
The museum traces its history to 1946, and the foundation of a small museum on Cecil Street, Charlotte, by Laura Owens, a schoolteacher. The popularity of this museum led to the foundation of the Children's Nature Center adjacent to the new Freedom Park. This museum opened in 1951, with a focus on bringing families and nature together.
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In 1968 Charlotte city council member Jerry Tuttle, inspired by San Antonio's River Walk, proposed an urban "Charlotte waterfront" on Sugar Creek. [5] In 1974 the Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation Commission first studied the feasibility of a greenway system. A master plan was created in 1980 involving 20 creeks and streams.
50,000-acre man-made lake, Satterwhite Point visitor center features an exhibit hall, programs, also W. Kerr Scott Lake’s Environmental Education Center Latta Plantation Nature Center and Preserve: Huntersville: Mecklenburg: Charlotte area: website, 1,351 acres, operated by the County Lee Park Nature Center: Sanford: Lee: Eastern