Matthews & Mint Hill
Four Mile Creek Greenway
Flat, stroller-friendly boardwalk-and-paved trail along Four Mile Creek — easiest access is from Squirrel Lake Park.
- Greenway access
Hours & practicals
- Hours
- No hours published. The number above is the only source.
- Address
- Trailhead at Squirrel Lake Park, 1631 Pleasant Plains Rd, Matthews, NC 28105
- From your base
- Sorts every list here by walk time.
- On the trail
- 3.3 miles linking downtown Matthews with Squirrel Lake Park, with connections to the Matthews Heritage Trail; additional sections tie into the Lower McAlpine/McMullen trail network.
Four Mile Creek, right now
3.23 ft at Fourmile Creek at Elm Lane, read at 3:00 PM.
Its action stage — the lowest flood threshold — is 11.5 ft.
Gage height above this gauge's own datum — not the depth of the water, and not comparable with another creek's. Gauge live from NOAA's National Water Prediction Service.
The take
About as easy as trail miles get around Matthews: level the whole way, with boardwalk sections carrying you over the low ground. Park at Squirrel Lake and go out-and-back as far as the day allows.
Check in
Your passport…
Sources
- Facts — nominatim.openstreetmap.org, verified August 2026
- phone — google.com, verified August 2026
- theTake — nominatim.openstreetmap.org, verified August 2026
- outdoorNote — parkandrec.mecknc.gov, August 2026 — not independently verified
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The neighborhood
The 3 things this place connects to in the guide's map of the town — one step out, and nothing beyond it.
See Four Mile Creek Greenway on the wiki, with every connection listedArriving in Matthews & Mint Hill? The first-hour guide