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Best Place To Get Back To Nature
Latta Plantation
Staff Pick
Charlotte is blessed with a bounty of great public parks and nature preserves, but when it comes to getting away from it all, you can’t do much better than Latta Plantation Nature Center and Preserve. This 1,343-acre oasis in northwestern Mecklenburg offers everything from educational programs, fishing and boating facilities, horseback and hiking trails, picnic areas and the renowned Carolina Raptor Center.
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Previous Winners
- 2015 Best Place to Get Back to Nature - U.S. National Whitewater Center
- 2014 Best Place to Get Back to Nature - U.S. National Whitewater Center
- 2013 Best Place to Get Back to Nature - Freedom Park
- 2012 Best Place to Get Back to Nature - Freedom Park
- 2012 Best Place to Get Back to Nature - Greenways
- 2011 BEST PLACE TO GET BACK TO NATURE - LATTA PLANTATION
- 2011 BEST PLACE TO GET BACK TO NATURE - FREEDOM PARK
- 2010 BEST PLACE TO GET BACK TO NATURE - MCDOWELL NATURE PRESERVE
- 2010 BEST PLACE TO GET BACK TO NATURE - Freedom Park
- 2009 BEST PLACE TO GET BACK TO NATURE - U.S. National Whitewater Center
- 2009 BEST PLACE TO GET BACK TO NATURE - McDowell Nature Preserve
- 2008 BEST PLACE TO GET BACK TO NATURE - Carolina Raptor Center
- 2008 BEST PLACE TO GET BACK TO NATURE - U.S. National Whitewater Center
- 2007 Best Place To Get Back To Nature - Freedom Park
- 2006 Best Place to Get Back to Nature - Freedom Park
