Yorkwood

Yorkwood is a hamlet in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Yorkwood is situated nearby to the hamlet Olde Whitehall, as well as near the neighborhood Ayrsley.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Renaissance Park and Olympic High School.

Renaissance Park

Park

Charlotte is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. With a population of 874,579 at the 2020 census, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S, seventh-most populous city in the South, and second-most populous city in the Southeast. Renaissance Park is situated 2 miles northeast of Yorkwood.

Olympic High School

School building

Olympic High School is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is a high school in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools system. Olympic opened in the fall of 1966, in what was then the rural outskirts of Charlotte. Olympic High School is situated 2 miles west of Yorkwood.

Metrolina Regional Scholars’ Academy

School

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is a local education agency headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina and is the public school system for Mecklenburg County. Metrolina Regional Scholars’ Academy is situated 2½ miles northeast of Yorkwood.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Starmount and Steele Creek.

Starmount

Suburb

Starmount is a predominantly residential neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina. Located along South Boulevard, it is between Sharon Road West and Emerywood Drive, with the Little Sugar Creek its eastern border. Starmount is situated 3 miles east of Yorkwood.

Steele Creek

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Steele Creek is a neighborhood and major district in Charlotte. Steele Creek is located along Lake Wylie in the far southwest quadrant of Charlotte primarily bordered by Interstate 485 to the east and located south of the Charlotte Airport.

Madison Park

Suburb

Madison Park, a neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, is primarily made up of single-family and multi-family residential homes. It is commonly referred to as the Montford/Madison Park/Park Road Shopping Center area; acknowledged in a 2018 survey of more than 5,000 Charlotte residents. Madison Park is situated 3½ miles east of Yorkwood.

Yorkwood

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
View on OpenStreetMap

Latitude

35.14959° or 35° 8′ 59″ north

Longitude

-80.92146° or 80° 55′ 17″ west

Elevation

614 feet (187 metres)

Open location code

867X43XH+RC

OpenStreetMap ID

node 153932774

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4500264

This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons.

We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Yorkwood from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Yorkwood”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Olde Whitehall and Ayrsley.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Crash Site of Eastern Flight 212 and Trinity Church.

North Carolina: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Charlotte, Raleigh, Asheville, and Greensboro.

Curious Places to Discover

Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.