Little Sugar Creek Greenway, Charlotte
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Little Sugar Creek Greenway in Charlotte is wildly popular with outdoor lovers.
Charlotte is a city full of outdoor opportunity, and its Little Sugar Creek Greenway might just be the perfect urban trail. Popular with trail runners, hikers, bikers and birders alike, the popular footpath links neighborhoods from Uptown all the way to the South Carolina border. Take a jog with Charlotte native Kim Olige, a young man using exercise to mentor the next generation.
Ten to Try is a local public television program presented by PBS NC
The series was produced in partnership with the Great Trails State Coalition for the NC Year of the Trail and with generous support from the SECU Foundation.
Little Sugar Creek Greenway, Charlotte
Clip: Special | 2m 12sVideo has Closed Captions
Charlotte is a city full of outdoor opportunity, and its Little Sugar Creek Greenway might just be the perfect urban trail. Popular with trail runners, hikers, bikers and birders alike, the popular footpath links neighborhoods from Uptown all the way to the South Carolina border. Take a jog with Charlotte native Kim Olige, a young man using exercise to mentor the next generation.
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[cars humming] [birds chirping] - [Narrator] North Carolina is known for its natural beauty and outdoor recreation, but it's not just mountain and beach towns that boast great trails here.
Little Sugar Creek Greenway is a relatively flat and wide urban trail connecting parks, neighborhoods and communities all across Charlotte.
- [Kim] One thing about Little Sugar Creek Greenway, I get to see nice scenery versus running in the gym on the treadmill, you're always gonna run into fellow joggers or walkers or bikers, so everybody's just kind of staying active.
- [Narrator] Freedom Park and the widely popular pond loop is a great place to start your Greenway Adventure.
From there, a northern route will take you towards the businesses and restaurants of Midtown Charlotte, while the way South chases the creek through neighborhoods and parks, and onto the newest section of the trail that now connects the upper and lower Greenway into one contiguous path.
[bright music] As the Greenway meets Marion Diehl Park, you can detour for a wooded 2.7 mile loop.
Downstream, The Greenway continues past Huntingtown Farms Park before reaching the southern terminus at Polk Park.
- [Kim] I do think North Carolina trails need to be accessible to everyone.
They provide a nice, safe area with great scenery and that's gonna empower community moving forward.
So it's a great space.
- [Narrator] All told, Little Sugar Creek now spans over 11 miles of Greenway and it's expanding.
Another 3.3 miles south are in the works which will soon take Little Sugar Creek Greenway all the way to South Carolina.
[bright music] That's great news for walkers, bikers, birders and joggers alike.
[bright music fades] [frogs chirping]
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