Brightwater

Brightwater is a residential area in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Brightwater is situated nearby to the sports venue Harris Teeter Sportsplex at the Palisades, as well as near the nature reserve McDowell Nature Preserve.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include McDowell Nature Preserve and Buster Boyd Bridge.

McDowell Nature Preserve

Nature reserve

McDowell Nature Preserve, formerly known as McDowell Park, is a city park and nature preserve in southwestern Charlotte, North Carolina on the shores of Lake Wylie. McDowell Nature Preserve is situated 2 miles north of Brightwater.

Buster Boyd Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Fife Club, Public domain.

The Buster Boyd Bridge is a four-lane automobile bridge spanning the Catawba River/Lake Wylie between Lake Wylie, York County, South Carolina and Steele Creek, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Buster Boyd Bridge is situated 1½ miles northwest of Brightwater.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lake Wylie and Tega Cay.

Lake Wylie is a census-designated place in York County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 8,841 at the 2010 census. Lake Wylie is located on a peninsula along the shore of Lake Wylie, a reservoir that was named for Dr. Lake Wylie is situated 2 miles northwest of Brightwater.

Tega Cay

Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.

Tega Cay is a small city along the eastern shore of Lake Wylie west of the town of Fort Mill in the Olde English District of South Carolina. Tega Cay is a suburb of the major city of Charlotte and has experienced rapid growth over the past decade.

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.

Brightwater

Type: Residential area
Location: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.0812° or 35° 4′ 52″ north

Longitude

-81.02436° or 81° 1′ 28″ west

Open location code

867W3XJG+F7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1268172422

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

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Highlights include Harris Teeter Sportsplex at the Palisades and Steele Creek Volunteer Fire Department Station 3.

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