Colonel Beatty is a humongous park in Matthews that has plenty of soccer fields, baseball fields, trails, and a huge lake as well. I can kill hours here sitting alongside the lake with a book catching some sun rays. I used to like to take my nephews and nieces here to play on the playground, but they have grown a little to old for that now. The trails are pretty peaceful and they aren't really treacherous or anything. It really good wholesome fun for the whole family.