McDowell Campground

McDowell Campground is a campsite in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. McDowell Campground is situated nearby to Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery, as well as near Steele Creek Presbyterian Church at Pleasant Hill.

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.

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 1 mile west of McDowell Campground.

Gaston County Schools is an American public school district in Gaston County, North Carolina. With 30,046 students enrolled in 56 schools as of the 2021–22 academic year, it is the tenth largest public school district in North Carolina. Southwest Middle School is situated 2 miles east of McDowell Campground.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lake Wylie and Tega Cay.

Lake Wylie

Hamlet

Photo: Fife Club, Public domain.

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.

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.

McDowell Campground

Type: Campsite
Categories: tourism and camping
Location: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.09796° or 35° 5′ 53″ north

Longitude

-81.0252° or 81° 1′ 31″ west

Open location code

867W3XXF+5W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 995905850

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=camp_site

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