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Your Guide to Huron County Hiking Your Guide to Huron County Hiking HikingGuide www.ontarioswestcoast.caPage 1 Huron County’s Hiking Experience Welcome to Huron County . Ontario’s West Coast! Discover the enjoyment of the outdoors for pleasure and improved health through walking, cycling and cross country skiing. Located in Southwestern Ontario, Huron County offers trail enthusiasts of all ages and skill levels a variety of terrains from natural paths to partially paved routes. Come and explore! Huron County is a vacation destination of charm, culture, beauty and endless possibilities! Contact the address or number below and ask for your free copy of the Ontario’s West Coast Vacation Guide to help plan your hiking adventure! For the outdoor recreation enthusiast, Huron County also offers a free Cycling Guide and a Fish/Paddle brochure. For information about these and additional conservation areas and heritage walking tours, contact us. GEORGIAN BAY Owen Sound LAKE SIMCOE LAKE HURON Barrie Kincardine HURON COUNTY Wingham Goderich Blyth Brussels Toronto Clinton Bayfield Seaforth Kitchener/ Zurich Hensall Waterloo Guelph LAKE Exeter Stratford Grand Bend ONTARIO MICHIGAN Niagara Falls, Hamilton USA Trail User’s Code Niagara Falls Port Huron London Sarnia LAKE ST. CLAIR Detroit Windsor LAKE ERIE Kilometers 015 0203040 For your complete Huron County travel information package contact: [email protected] or call 1-888-524-8394 EXT. 3 County of Huron, 57 Napier St., Goderich, Ontario • N7A 1W2 Publication supported by the County of Huron Page 2 Printed in Canada • Spring 2016 (Sixth Edition) How To Use This Guide This Guide Book is designed as a quick and easy guide to hiking trails in Huron County. Each trail is numbered on the Reference Map on the next page (more detailed driving directions are included with each trail description). Use the Map Reference Number to locate the page where the corresponding trail description is located. Each trail description and corresponding map provides additional information on trail distance, level of difficulty, trail use, trail hazards, trail surface and cost (if any). If you encounter “on the ground” trail marker issues, please contact the associated trail contact (on page 4). Level of Difficulty: Level 1 - easy, for family with young children Level 2 - moderate, wear comfortable and sturdy shoes Level 3 - some hills, natural path Level 4 - hilly, for more experienced hikers TRAILS ROADS MAP ELEMENTS Maitland Trail Provincial Highway Contours GART County Road Railway Main Trail Municipal Road Watercourses Alternate Trail Private Road Wooded Areas Side Trail Unblazed Trail POINTS OF INTEREST Walking or Hiking Pets (on leash) Scenic Lookout Picnic Area Cross-Country Skiing Birdwatching Point of Interest Picnic Shelter Cycling Fishing Parking Camping Wheelchair Access Exercise Station Washrooms To Goderich 81°38'45"W 81°38'30"W 81(M°or3ris T8ract)'15"W 81°38'0"W To Benmiller Falls Reserve Conservation Area Park Entrance Gatehouse Maintenence Building/ THE FALLS Trail User’s Code Dumping Station N Stairs to " 0 ' River 3 4 ° 3 r 4 ve Ri Bl ue L d CHIPPEWA o n op a l t i T r a a i 1. Hike only along marked routes. l M il Tra nd itla Ma 2. Use the stiles where provided. MENNESETUNG 3. No motorized vehicles permitted. SYCAMORE N " 5 4 ' 2 4 ° 3 4. No camping or fires permitted. 4 il ra T d n la it a r M e iv R 5. Walk along the edge of fields, not across them. M a it lan d d Tr ail n a tl ai 6. Protect, and do not disturb wildlife or plant life. M This map is illustrative only. Do not rely on it as 0 50 100 200 m a precise indicator of routes, feature locations, nor as a guide to navigation. Copyright © Queen’s Printer 2010. 7. Take nothing but photographs and memories. 0 250 500 1,000ft March 2010. 8. No littering. Carry out what you carry in. 9. No cutting or marking bridges or trees. Aerial photos of 10. No hunting. Do not disturb wildlife. these trails and larger 11. Pets on leash only. Clean up after your pet. versions of the maps 12. Remember to carry adequate drinking water for your journey. in this guide are available on : www. Note: All trails are used at your own risk. Any trail co- ontarioswestcoast.ca ordinates are provided as an assistance for orientation and geocaching. Page 1 from Kincardine/Owen Sound Page 2 * (10 minutes/1 hour) E Amberley Lochalsh HURON 86 COUNTY HURON 30 Kintail Lucknow COUNTY Belmore Lakelet HURON HURON 1 12 Kingsbridge COUNTY COUNTY HURON HURON 20 HURON COUNTY Lake Huron 4 HURON COUNTY 35 Belfast HURON COUNTY 7 COUNTY HURON 30 COUNTY HURON Whitechurch 28 St. Helens 22 COUNTY COUNTY !"1 Wingham Port Albert Gorrie Fordwich Hutton Heights HURON HURON 87 4 COUNTY Dungannon COUNTY HURON 86 Wroxeter COUNTY HURON St. Augustine HURON Bluevale HURON 28 20 COUNTY 1 COUNTY COUNTY !"2 HURON 34 Nile Belgrave COUNTY HURON 5 !"28 12 !" COUNTY HURON HURON Molesworth HURON 16 25 COUNTY COUNTY Auburn 4 !"29 COUNTY HURON HURON E HURON 19 Saltford COUNTY HURON 1 20 9 8 COUNTY 8 !" !" !" COUNTY 25 COUNTY Brussels 6 !"11 !"20 Goderich !" !"7 13 !"3 Blyth HURON !" Benmiller HURON Ethel 10 16 !" 15 COUNTY COUNTY HURON HURON 12 from Listowel/Guelph !"4 COUNTY HURON 15 COUNTY * (10/35 minutes) 31 COUNTY Londesborough Cranbrook !"15 Henfryn Walton HURON !"12 HURON 19 4 COUNTY COUNTY !"14 HURON HURON 25 COUNTY 18 HURON COUNTY 16 HURON 12 Holmesville !" COUNTY !"17 17 COUNTY HURON HURON Kinburn 15 Winthrop E 31 COUNTY COUNTY Clinton 18 !" HURON HURON HURON 17 COUNTY 14 13 COUNTY from Kitchener-Waterloo COUNTY * (35 minutes) !"21 Vanastra Bayfield !"22 23 Harpurhey Seaforth !" HURON 20 3 Egmondville !" 20 COUNTY !" !"19 HURON 3 Varna COUNTY St. Columban Brucefield HURON 12 !"25 COUNTY Dublin E HURON HURON 32 31 COUNTY COUNTY Kippen Blake from Stratford/Toronto TRAILS REFERENCE Hensall * (20 minutes/2.5 hours) HURON 1 Wingham Community Trail 84 Zurich 24 COUNTY 2 Wawanosh Valley Conservation Area HURON !" 3 Blyth Greenway Trail 84 St. Joseph COUNTY 4 Falls Reserve Conservation Area 5 Point Farms Provincial Park 6 Goderich Waterfront Boardwalk HURON 2 7 Maitland Cemetery COUNTY 8 & 9 Menesetung Bridge / Tiger Dunlop Trail HURON 83 10 Maitland Woods COUNTY 11 Goderich Millennium Trail HURON 83 27 12 Naftel's Creek Conservation Area Dashwood COUNTY !"26 !" HURON Exeter 13 Maitland Trail / G.A.R.T. 83 COUNTY 14 George G. Newton Nature Reserve 20 Elimville HURON !" HURON 6 15 Lobb Trail 6 COUNTY COUNTY HURON HURON Kirkton 16 Woodlands Arboretum 2 COUNTY 11 Grand Bend COUNTY 17 Hullett Provincial Wildlife Area Crediton 18 Clinton Conservation Area HURON HURON Woodham HURON 10 19 Bannockburn Conservation Area COUNTY 21 COUNTY HURON 81 COUNTY 20 Heritage Walking Tours 10 COUNTY Shipka Centralia 21 Sawmill Trail HURON Huron Park E 22 Heritage Trail 5 COUNTY 23 Woodland Trail HURON 24 Klopp Woodland 5 Greenway COUNTY Mt. Carmel 25 Varna Nature Trails Corbett from London 26 MacNaughton-Morrison Trail E * (30 minutes) 0 1 2 4 km 27 Morrison Dam Conservation Area 28 Redmond Tract 29 Stevenson Tract É 0 1 2 4 mi from Sarnia/Detroit * (40 minutes/2 hours) See page 4 for trail contact information. For a more detailed County map with secondary roads, see the Ontarios West Coast Vacation Guide or visit www.ontarioswestcoast.ca from Kincardine/Owen Sound * (10 minutes/1 hour) E Amberley Lochalsh HURON 86 COUNTY HURON 30 Kintail Lucknow COUNTY Belmore Lakelet HURON HURON 1 12 Kingsbridge COUNTY COUNTY HURON HURON 20 HURON COUNTY 4 HURON COUNTY 35 Belfast HURON COUNTY 7 COUNTY HURON 30 COUNTY HURON Whitechurch 28 St. Helens 22 COUNTY COUNTY !"1 Wingham Port Albert Gorrie Fordwich Hutton Heights HURON HURON 87 4 COUNTY Dungannon COUNTY HURON 86 Wroxeter COUNTY HURON St. Augustine HURON Bluevale HURON 28 20 COUNTY 1 COUNTY COUNTY !"2 HURON 34 Nile Belgrave COUNTY HURON 5 !"28 12 !" COUNTY HURON HURON Molesworth HURON 16 25 COUNTY COUNTY Auburn 4 !"29 COUNTY HURON HURON E HURON 19 Saltford COUNTY HURON 1 20 9 8 COUNTY 8 !" !" !" COUNTY 25 COUNTY Brussels 6 !"11 !"20 Goderich !" !"7 13 !"3 Blyth HURON !" Benmiller HURON Ethel 10 16 !" 15 COUNTY COUNTY HURON HURON 12 from Listowel/Guelph !"4 COUNTY HURON 15 COUNTY * (10/35 minutes) 31 COUNTY Londesborough Cranbrook !"15 Henfryn Walton HURON !"12 HURON 19 4 COUNTY COUNTY !"14 HURON HURON 25 COUNTY 18 HURON COUNTY 16 HURON 12 Holmesville !" COUNTY !"17 17 COUNTY HURON HURON Kinburn 15 Winthrop E 31 COUNTY COUNTY Clinton 18 !" HURON HURON HURON 17 COUNTY 14 13 COUNTY from Kitchener-Waterloo COUNTY * (35 minutes) !"21 Vanastra Bayfield !"22 23 Harpurhey Seaforth !" HURON 20 3 Egmondville !" 20 COUNTY !" !"19 HURON 3 Varna COUNTY St. Columban Brucefield HURON 12 !"25 COUNTY Dublin E HURON HURON 32 31 COUNTY COUNTY Kippen Blake from Stratford/Toronto TRAILS REFERENCE Hensall * (20 minutes/2.5 hours) HURON 1 Wingham Community Trail 84 Zurich 24 COUNTY 2 Wawanosh Valley Conservation Area HURON !" 3 Blyth Greenway Trail 84 St. Joseph COUNTY 4 Falls Reserve Conservation Area 5 Point Farms Provincial Park 6 Goderich Waterfront Boardwalk HURON 2 7 Maitland Cemetery COUNTY 8 & 9 Menesetung Bridge / Tiger Dunlop Trail HURON 83 10 Maitland Woods COUNTY 11 Goderich Millennium Trail HURON 83 27 12 Naftel's Creek Conservation Area Dashwood COUNTY !"26 !" HURON Exeter 13 Maitland Trail / G.A.R.T. 83 COUNTY 14 George G. Newton Nature Reserve 20 Elimville HURON !" HURON 6 15 Lobb Trail 6 COUNTY COUNTY HURON HURON Kirkton 16 Woodlands Arboretum 2 COUNTY 11 Grand Bend COUNTY 17 Hullett Provincial Wildlife Area Crediton 18 Clinton Conservation Area HURON HURON Woodham HURON 10 19 Bannockburn Conservation Area COUNTY 21 COUNTY HURON 81 COUNTY 20 Heritage Walking Tours 10 COUNTY Shipka Centralia 21 Sawmill Trail HURON Huron Park E 22 Heritage Trail 5 COUNTY 23 Woodland Trail HURON 24 Klopp Woodland 5 Greenway COUNTY Mt.
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