Midtown Park, Charlotte

#120 among attractions in Charlotte

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Midtown Park is a one acre minipark at South Kings Drive and Pearl Park Way in Charlotte, North Carolina. Opened in the spring of 2012, it contains stonework and shade trees surrounding a rectangular lawn and is suitable for weddings as well as performance art and other public events. The park features several sculptures, including a seven foot diameter spherical metallic piece called the Braille Music Box by artists Po Shu Wang and Louise Bertelsen. A unique feature of the sculpture is that it can be enjoyed by the sight-impaired. It contains a mechanism which can translate Braille letters into musical notes, and visitors can move the music box within the sculpture to hear this unique music. ()

Created: 2012Elevation: 636 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 35°12'39"N, 80°50'11"W

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510 S. King StCenter City (Dilworth)Charlotte United States

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Midtown Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Spectrum Center, Harvey B. Gantt Center, NASCAR Hall of Fame, One Wells Fargo Center.

1 miN
Sport venue, Sport
Spectrum Center, Charlotte
26 min walk • Spectrum Center is an indoor arena located in Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. It is owned by the city of Charlotte and operated by its main tenant, the NBA's Charlotte Hornets.
1.1 miNW
Museum, Art museum, Art gallery
Harvey B. Gantt Center, Charlotte
28 min walk • The Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, formerly known as the Afro-American Cultural Center, is in Charlotte, North Carolina and named for Harvey Gantt, the city's first African-American mayor and the first African-American student at Clemson University.
0.8 miNW
Museum, Specialty museum
NASCAR Hall of Fame, Charlotte
22 min walk • The NASCAR Hall of Fame, located in Charlotte, North Carolina, honors drivers who have shown expert skill at NASCAR driving, all-time great crew chiefs and owners, broadcasters and other major contributors to competition within the sanctioning body.
1 miNW
Museum, Specialty museum
One Wells Fargo Center, Charlotte
27 min walk • One Wells Fargo Center is a 588-foot skyscraper in Charlotte, North Carolina and is the headquarters for Wells Fargo's east coast division.
1.1 miNW
Park, Outdoor activities
The Green, Charlotte
28 min walk • The Green is a one and a half acre park at 400 South Tryon Street in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. At one end of this so-called pocket park are the Mint Museum and the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art; at the other end is the Charlotte Convention Center.
1.1 miN
Children's museum, Museum, Performing arts
ImaginOn, Charlotte
29 min walk • ImaginOn: The Joe and Joan Martin Center is a collaborative venture of Charlotte Mecklenburg Library and the Children's Theater of Charlotte located in Charlotte, North Carolina. This 102,000-square-foot landmark learning center opened on October 8, 2005.
0.6 miNE
Universities and schools
Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte
16 min walk • Central Piedmont Community College is a public community college in Charlotte, North Carolina. With an enrollment of more than 50,000 students annually, Central Piedmont is the second largest community college in the North Carolina Community College System and the largest in the Charlotte metropolitan area.
0.6 miN
Park
Marshall Park, Charlotte
16 min walk • Marshall Park is a five and a half acre urban park at 800 East Third Street in the Second Ward of Charlotte, North Carolina. It features a large fountain and a lake, an amphitheater, a statue of Martin Luther King Jr. and a Holocaust memorial monument.
0.8 miNE
Park
Independence Park, Charlotte
20 min walk • Independence Park is a 24-acre urban park at 300 Hawthorne Lane situated at the western end of the Elizabeth neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina.
0.9 miNW
Convention center, Entertainment
Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte
24 min walk • The Charlotte Convention Center is a convention center located in Charlotte, North Carolina. It opened in 1995 and attracts more than half a million visitors each year. It was designed by Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates. It has 280,000 square feet of contiguous exhibit space.
0.7 miW
Park
Latta Park, Charlotte
18 min walk • Latta Park is a 31-acre urban park at 601 East Park Avenue in the Dilworth neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina. It features courts for tennis, volleyball, and basketball, as well as many benches and picnic facilities, playgrounds, walking trails, fitness trails, and soccer fields.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Midtown Park?

Nearby attractions include Ascension Lutheran Church, Charlotte (6 min walk), Little Sugar Creek Greenway, Charlotte (6 min walk), Covenant Presbyterian Church, Charlotte (11 min walk), Thompson Park, Charlotte (11 min walk).

How to get to Midtown Park by public transport?

The nearest stations to Midtown Park:

Tram

CPCC Central Campus • Lines: Gold (14 min walk)
Elizabeth & Hawthorne • Lines: Gold (15 min walk)

Bus

South Brevard Street at East Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard • Lines: 35 (23 min walk)
Transit Center- Bay P • Lines: 1 (25 min walk)

Light rail

Stonewall • Lines: Blue (25 min walk)
3rd Street/Convention Center • Lines: Blue (25 min walk)