Mountain Creek Park
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: 6554 Little Mountain Rd, Sherrills Ford, North Carolina
When: typically open in warm months (check before visiting)
Hours: gates open 8 a.m.; closing times vary
Cost: free
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A free one-acre adventure playground on Lake Norman's north shore with rope bridges, climbing walls, a sky hammock and mountain-laurel tunnels that reviewers say feels like a pirate ship. The 606-acre park adds a tot bike track, pump track, nearly 20 miles of trails and a nature center.