Clanton Park | |
Type: | Public park |
Coords: | 35.2071°N -80.8918°W |
Area: | 77 acres |
Operator: | Mecklenburg County Parks and Recreation |
Website: | Clanton Park |
Clanton Park is a 77-acre urban park at 1520 Clanton Road in the West Boulevard neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina. It features playgrounds, fields for soccer and softball, eleven basketball courts, picnic shelters, and a gazebo. The park also manages the nearby Clanton community pavilion, a 4,500 square foot indoor facility at 3132 Manchester Avenue.[1] A half-mile section of the Irwin Creek Greenway runs through Clanton Park.[2] [3]
Located in Clanton Park is the Arbor Glen Outreach Center. This facility, which contains classrooms and a gymnasium, sponsors programs for pre-schoolers, children, teens, adults, and seniors. Activities include sports, fitness, self-defense, dance, tutoring, cultural arts, and community meetings.[4] The center hosts the Boys To Men Foundation, a mentoring program for at-risk youth,[5] a 4-H club,[6] and meetings of National Night Out, a community-police awareness-raising event.[7]