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| - Road cyclists beware, while they mention part of the trail being paved, they could've omitted that and you wouldn't find much different. However, the packed dirt with that little flaky gravel isn't much of a trouble for cruisers, hybrids like mine, or mountain bikes.
A pretty straight course lets you get up to speed well for the surface type and makes for much easier passing than some of the more winding greenways around here. Some of the signs could've been better, such as when the course forks and comes back around to itself, yet I'm left wondering which way goes where, but you'll realize what's going on soon enough.
Most of the path is pretty open air, not too many overhanging trees until you get past the pond. Speaking of, it has some benches out and even a little fishing pier, which is a nice touch. On one side of the pond there appears to be a stage, so I'm assuming that there's some live entertainment that's there from time to time. Wrapping the pond and continuing both through the grassy area to the east as well as north is a 5k cross country course, nice touch. There are also a few soccer fields dotting the pathsides.
If you cross Margaret Wallace Rd you can get onto the Campbell Creek Greenway, which I unfortunately did not do as I did not realize at the time that it existed. That would probably be the perfect way to add a handful more miles to my cycling as I currently go about 20mi round trip and am looking to up that.
It would be nice if there was a sidewalk that continued down Sardis Rd (in the opposite direction of Charlotte Christian School) to eventually lead to Pineville-Matthews, but I found most drivers to be extremely cautious and patient, many not passing me on the road up the hill until I signaled to let them know I was holding position. Not really a fault of the park, just to let people know that would be coming from this direction or heading back to it.
If I were to rate this on cycling alone it would get a 2.5 or 3 out of 5, but due to all of the extra amenities I believe that it deserves a solid 4. Will update with pictures next time that I go there as I always let myself just take the ride in the first trip.
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