Campbell Creek Park

Campbell Creek Park is a Mecklenburg County park at 6601 Barcliff Drive, in the Four Seasons neighborhood in east Charlotte. County ownership is what sets the dog rule. Section 26 of the Parks and Recreation Facilities Ordinance makes it unlawful “to have pets in the areas of County parks where pets are expressly prohibited,” and dogs are allowed everywhere else on the grounds. Leashed. Park and Recreation’s own posted rules read “Pets must be on leash 6 ft. or shorter” and “Pick up after your pet and deposit in trash can.”

One place inside the park where dogs don’t go. The county’s rules keep pets off playgrounds and athletic fields, and there’s a playground here with swings.

Off-leash isn’t legal on these grounds. The county’s designated dog parks are the only off-leash ground in Mecklenburg County, and the county’s facility record for this park lists no dog park. Frazier Park and Ninth Street Dog Park are the nearest two, both near Uptown, roughly seven miles west.

Twenty acres, classified by the county as a Community park and marked developed. The county’s capital plan names the existing amenities: playground, play meadow, horseshoe pits, trails, park shelter.

No parking lot. The county record lists zero spaces and answers “No” to parking, so arrival happens at the curb on Barcliff Drive. No restrooms either, and the record marks the park as not ADA compliant. Hours run Sunday through Saturday, listed as “Daylight.”

Two county projects are queued here, neither built. A new 2.5-mile segment of Campbell Creek Greenway is approved for fiscal 2028, running “from Campbell Creek Park at Barcliff Drive to existing Campbell Creek Greenway at Lockmont Drive, with urban trail connections to the Eastland redevelopment area.” A renovation of the park itself is approved for fiscal 2029. Until the first one is built, the county’s record for this park answers “No” to greenway access.