The park offered boat access, swimming, picnic space and overnight camping.

[4] Local youth developed the land, clearing trees and constructing park facilities, as part of a work program funded with a $137,000 grant (equivalent to $1,286,535 in 2023) from the United States Department of Labor.

All-night drunken parties left the park covered in glass and garbage, pushing the county to send a daily work crew sourced from the county jail to clean up.

[7] Swimming in Lake Wylie on the park's beaches was banned mid-1973 after six drowning deaths in the 1972 and 1973 seasons.

[9] Lake Wylie Park was officially closed at the end of the 1974 season.