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Robert Caldwell Bradford Park
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Robert Caldwell Bradford Park provides a major recreation and sports facility for Huntersville, Davidson, Cornelius and rapidly growing suburbs of northern Mecklenburg County. The park covers 210 acres. Bradford Park represents a unique partnership among Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation and the Parks and Recreation Departments of the Huntersville and Davidson. Mecklenburg County contributed $4.2 million toward land acquisition and construction of Phase I of the park. Huntersville contributed more than a million dollars. Huntersville manages this park, in collaboration with Davidson, under a long term lease with Mecklenburg County. Future phases will be built when funds are available
Features Phase I of the park covers 56.3 acres and includes:
- 3 Soccer Fields
- 4 Lighted Softball Fields
- A Lighted Baseball Field
- Picnic Shelter
- Restrooms
To reserve facilities at Bradford Park or for more information, contact Huntersville Parks and Recreation: 704 766-2220.
The park is named for Robert Caldwell Bradford (known as Caldwell), lifetime resident of Huntersville, whose family lived on this land for more than a century. The Bradfords were dairy farmers who ran Hiwassee and Hunter Dairies. Mecklenburg County purchased the land for recreational use.
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