Matthews & Mint Hill
Squirrel Lake Park
A shady neighborhood park around a small lake south of downtown, with a playground and a direct hookup to the Four Mile Creek Greenway.
- Park
Hours & practicals
- Hours
- No hours published. Their site, matthewsnc.gov, is the only source.
- Address
- 1631 Pleasant Plains Rd, Matthews, NC 28105
- From your base
- Sorts every list here by walk time.
- On the trail
- Water fountains and individual/family restrooms on site; playground built for ages 2–12, a fishing pier, and a connector trail to Four Mile Creek Greenway. Open dawn to dusk.
The take
Come for the water and the playground, stay because it's also the handiest trailhead for the creek greenway next door. Parents and long-walkers end up here for different reasons and both leave satisfied.
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Sources
- Facts — nominatim.openstreetmap.org, verified August 2026
- theTake — nominatim.openstreetmap.org, verified August 2026
- outdoorNote — matthewsnc.gov, August 2026 — not independently verified
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