Little Sugar Creek Greenway parkrun

Bus: From Uptown Charlotte, take CATS Bus 19 (Park Road route) to Hamlin Park Drive stop (the Quail Corners shopping center). Follow Hamlin Park Drive along the edge of the shopping center to Sharon Road West and turn left, altogether a roughly 12-minute walk.

The CATS Bus 12 (South Blvd route) and the Lynx Blue Line (Sharon Road West station) may also help getting to the course. Please check the Trip Planner on the CATS website (https://charlottenc.gov/cats/Pages/default.aspx).

The course runs south along the greenway beginning from Sharon Road West. Access to the course is also possible on foot from the greenway from Huntingtowne Farms and points further north.

Locate our parking lot on Google Maps by searching for “Little Sugar Creek Greenway (Sharon Road West).” The GPS coordinates are 35.1178, -80.8660.

From the north (Uptown Charlotte), follow I-77 S and take exit 3 for Arrowood Rd. Turn left onto W Arrowood Rd. Turn right onto W Hebron St. Turn right onto South Blvd. Turn left onto Sharon Rd W. The greenway parking lot will be on your right.

From the south (Fort Mill), follow I-77 N and take exit 1A for Westinghouse Blvd. Turn right onto Westinghouse Blvd. Turn left onto South Blvd. Turn right onto Sharon Rd W. The greenway parking lot will be on your right.

From the west, follow I-85 N to I-485 Outer and take exit 65A toward South Blvd. Merge onto South Blvd. Turn right onto Sharon Rd W. The greenway parking lot will be on your right.

From the east (Matthews), follow I-485 Inner and take exit 65 toward South Blvd. Keep right at the fork and merge onto South Blvd. Turn right onto Sharon Rd W. The greenway parking lot will be on your right.

There is parking available at the Sharon Road West Greenway access point. Street parking is also possible along Hopeton Rd and Covey Chase Dr. We are guests in the neighborhood; be respectful of others' property. Do not park in the Quail Hollow Apartments parking lots. Watch for traffic when walking from the neighborhood to the Greenway and assume that you will need to walk at least 5 minutes after parking. Additional overflow parking is also possible at the Quail Corners shopping center, a 10-minute walk from the start.

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: a local cafe, which we will announce during the pre-event briefing. Please come and join us!

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at a local cafe. The run director for the week will announce the location during the pre-event briefing - please come and join us!

Little Sugar Creek Greenway parkrun is a fun, free event organised by volunteers for the benefit of everyone. We wish to make the event as safe as possible, so participants, spectators and helpers are asked to take care about the following:

• Please be considerate to the park and other park users at all times.
• Children under the age of eleven must be accompanied (within arm's reach) throughout the event by a parent, guardian or appropriate adult of the parent's choice.
• Please arrive by foot, by pedal-power or by public transport if you can - your efforts help to reduce our impact on the park and the planet.
• We invite everyone to consider volunteering at parkrun. Your support helps your parkrun events remain sustainable and free for all in your community, and it’s also a wonderful way to improve your own health and happiness. Please visit the volunteer page for more information.
• Take care near roads and car parks – some vehicles drive very quickly. Please congregate away from the cars and be careful in particular if you have children. If you’re driving to the event, please drive carefully.
• Take care on uneven surfaces – whether on grass or on tarmac. Watch out for cyclists, other participants, pedestrians, children, dogs, wildlife, park animals, vehicles, park maintenance work, falling branches, bollards, posts and other obstacles around the course.
• Please ensure that you are fit enough to walk, jog, run 5k (3.1 miles) with us.
• If you see someone with a serious problem, please stop to help them out and get help as soon as possible.
• If you’re watching, keep clear of participants on the course, and look after any children and dogs you may have with you.
• It is not permitted to run with a pushchair and a dog at the same time.
• Lyme Disease is a bacterial infection spread to humans by infected ticks. Consider protecting yourself by wearing repellent when at parkrun events in grassy or wooded areas. See lymediseaseuk.com for further details.
• You are welcome to take part with one dog by your side, within reach at all times, on a short, handheld, non-extendable lead. The use of waist harnesses is prohibited. Please also see this Support Site entry for further details about parkrunning with dogs.
• parkrunners pushing buggies are welcome, but please take care of others around you and do your best to start at an appropriate place in the field for your pace.

We hope these tips help to ensure that Little Sugar Creek Greenway parkrun is fun and safe for everyone.

All parkrun events use Age Grading to help parkrunners compare results.

parkrun events use Age Grading to help parkrunners see progress and compare results.

For more information, please see our Support page.

All parkrun events are organised by volunteers - email littlesugarcreekgreenway@parkrun.com to help.

parkrun is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. For our full safeguarding processes and policies please see our Safeguarding Hub.

To report a safeguarding concern please email safeguarding@parkrun.com.