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Your Guide to Huron County Hiking Trails HikingGuide www.hikehuron.caPage 1 GEORGIAN BAY Owen Sound LAKE SIMCOE LAKE HURON Barrie Kincardine HURON COUNTY Wingham Goderich Blyth Brussels T o ronto Clinton Bayfield Seaforth Kitchener/ Zurich Hensall W a terloo Guelph LAKE Exeter Stratford Grand Bend ONTARIO MICHIGAN Niagara Falls, Hamilton USA Niagara Falls Port Huron London Sarnia LAKE ST. CLAIR Detroit Windsor LAKE ERIE Kilometers 05 10203040 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(s) on the back of this Guide book and ask for your free copy of the Huron County Vacation Guide to help plan your hiking adventure! For the outdoor recreation enthusiast, Huron County also offers countless cycling opportunities. A free Cycling Guide is available upon request by contacting the address or number(s) on the back of this Guide book. For information about additional conservation area and heritage walking tours please refer to the Huron County Vacation Guide. www.ontarioswestcoast.caPage 2 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 (when available) 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 call the associated trail contact. 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 43°32'45"N 43°32'30"N 43°32'15"N 2 50 250 2 3 Trail User’s Code 0 81°36'15"W er 81°36'15"W iv fiel d R ay B 1. Hike only along marked routes. "Turner Tract" 240 S ta nl ey Dr ai n 2. Use the stiles where provided. 230 81°36'30"W 81°36'30"W Baseball Diamonds 3. No motorized vehicles permitted. LANDFILL "Taylor Tract" 230 STANLEY 4. No camping or fires permitted. 250 COMPLEX MILL ROAD 81°36'45"W 81°36'45"W 5. Walk along the edge of fields, not across them. 3 43°32'45"N 43°32'30"N 43°32'15"N 6. Protect, and do not disturb wildlife or plant life. 0 50 100 200 m 0 250 500 1,000 ft 7. Take nothing but photographs and memories. 8. No littering. Carry out what you carry in. 9. No cutting or marking bridges or trees. Print outs with aerial 10. No hunting. Do not disturb wildlife. photos of these trails 11. Pets on leash only. Clean up after your pet. and larger versions of 12. Remember to carry adequate drinking water for your journey. the maps in this guide are available at Note: All trails are used at your own risk. any trail co- www.hikehuron.ca ordinates are provided as an assistance for orientation and geocaching. Page 1 from Kincardine/Owen Sound * (10 minutes/1 hour) Amberley Lochalsh 86 Kintail Lucknow 30 Belmore Lakelet 1 12 Kingsbridge 20 4 Belfast 35 7 30 Whitechurch 28 St. Helens 22 1 Wingham Port Albert Gorrie Fordwich Hutton Heights 87 Dungannon 4 86 Wroxeter Bluevale St. Augustine 20 28 1 2 34 Nile Belgrave 6 12 Molesworth 25 16 Auburn 4 Saltford 19 20 8 1 8 25 Brussels 7 11 20 Goderich 9 13 3 Blyth 4 Benmiller Ethel 10 15 16 5 12 from Listowel/Guelph 15 * (10/35 minutes) 31 Londesborough Cranbrook 15 Walton Henfryn 12 14 4 19 25 18 Holmesville 16 12 17 17 Kinburn Winthrop 31 Clinton 15 18 17 14 13 from Kitchener-Waterloo * (35 minutes) 21 Vanastra Bayfield 22 Harpurhey Seaforth 23 20 Egmondville 3 19 3 Varna St. Columban Brucefield 12 TRAILS REFERENCE 25 Dublin 1 Wingham Community Trail 2 Wawanosh Valley Conservation Area 32 31 3 Blyth Greenway Trail Kippen Blake 4 Maple Keys Sugar Bush from Stratford/Toronto 5 Falls Reserve Conservation Area Hensall * (20 minutes/2.5 hours) 6 Point Farms Provincial Park Zurich 24 84 7 Goderich Waterfront Boardwalk 84 St. Joseph 8 Menesetung Bridge / Tiger Dunlop Trail 9 Maitland Cemetery 2 10 Maitland Woods 11 Goderich Millenium Trail 83 12 Naftel's Creek Conservation Area 83 26 27 Dashwood Exeter 13 Maitland Trail / G.A.R.T. 83 Elimville 14 George G. Newton Nature Reserve 6 6 15 Lobb Trail Kirkton Grand Bend 2 11 16 Woodlands Arboretum Crediton Woodham 17 Hullett Provincial Wildlife Area 10 21 81 18 Clinton Conservation Area 10 Shipka Centralia 19 Bannockburn Conservation Area Huron Park 5 20 Heritage Trails (Various Locations) 21 Sawmill Trail Greenway 5 Mt. Carmel Corbett from London 22 Heritage Trail * (30 minutes) 23 Woodland Trail 0 3 61.5 km 24 Klopp Woodland 25 Linfield Wildlife Area from Sarnia/Detroit 26 MacNaughton-Morrison Trail * (40 minutes/2 hours) 01.5 3 6 mi 27 Morrison Dam Conservation Area See page 32 for trail contact information. For a more detailed map with secondary roads, see the Huron County Vacation Guide or visit www.ontarioswestcoast.ca Page 2 WINGHAM COMMUNITY TRAIL 1 81°19'30"W 81°19'15"W 81°19'0"W 81°18'45"W 81°18'30"W 43°53'45"N 0 43°53'45"N 2 3 BRISTOL TERRACE WESTCAST INDUSTRIES HURON 4 COUNTY 310 310 C.N. Bridge PARK DRIVE 43°53'30"N ALBERT STREET 43°53'30"N r ALFRED STREET ive R d an aitl HELENA STREET M 43°53'15"N 43°53'15"N 310 MINNIE STREET Middle M a itl 330 and JOSEPHINE STREET VICTORIA STREET 310 R i v e AMBERLEY RD r TURNBERRY FLOODPLAIN CONSERVATION AREA 320 HURON HURON 4 COUNTY 86 40 COUNTY 3 81°19'30"W 81°19'15"W 81°19'0"W 81°18'45"W 81°18'30"W 050 100 200 m 0250 500 1,000 ft Scenic View from the CNR Bridge The Wingham Community Trail runs from east to west, meandering along the old abandoned rail bed, crossing the Maitland River and then it makes a loop around the Turnberry Flood Plain Conservation Area to take you back. Several benches are placed along the trail on the east side of the river. A covered gazebo is at the east end of the trail. Enjoy the scenic view of the river from the old CNR Bridge and the natural growth and plantings along the trail. North Huron Recreation Department is trail contact. Distance 2.5 km loop Difficulty Level Level 1 - east side of river Level 3 - west side of river Trail Use Walking, Cycling, Skiing, Wheelchair Accessible, Pets on leash Trail Hazards None evident Trail Surface Paved/brick, natural surface, recycled plastic decking on bridge Cost for Using Trail None Driving Directions Several trail access points. The trail crosses the main street, Josephine Street, near the railway tracks. Page 3 2 WA W ANOSH VALLEY CONSER V ATION AREA 43°50'0"N 43°49'45"N 43°49'30"N 290 81°27'15"W 81°27'15"W 300 300 NATURE CENTRE k 290 ee Cr e v elgra B 310 81°27'30"W 81°27'30"W 290 NATURE CENTRE ROAD M ai tlan d River 320 310 300 NATURE CENTRE ROAD 300 43°50'0"N 43°49'45"N 43°49'30"N 0 50 100 200 m 0 250 500 1,000 ft Cedar Lowlands and Hemlock Forest The Wawanosh Valley Conservation Area, location of the Wawanosh Nature Centre, is an area highlighted by a scenic 3 km trail loop. The trail crosses the Belgrave Creek, passes through meadows with hedgerow plantings and down a steep hill to the cedar lowlands at the river. A boardwalk leads through the hemlock forest to the upland hardwoods or red pine plantation. Follow the edge of the forest back to the parking lot area. Maitland Valley Conservation Authority is the trail contact. Distance 3 km loop Difficulty Level Level 2-moderate, wear comfortable, sturdy shoes Trail Use Walking, Skiing, Pets on leash Trail Hazards Poison ivy along the creek and river. Trail west of Nature Centre, bridge out November-May Trail Surface Natural surface, some boardwalks Cost for Trail Use None Driving Directions County Rd. #4 North of Blyth to Nature Centre Road, turn left (west). About 7 km on right. Page 4 BLYTH BROOK COMMUNITY GREEN W AY TRAIL 3 81°26'0"W 81°25'45"W 81°25'30"W 81°25'15"W 330 UNION STREET 320 HURON 320 THUELL STREETCOUNTY4 ook th Br Bly Windmill WESTMORELAND STREET 320 Tree Planting B DRUMMOND STREET l 330 yt h Entrance B ro 330 Garden o 43°44'15"N k 43°44'15"N 330 BLYTH COMMUNITY CENTRE & ARENA "Fisherman's Trail" MILL STREET DINSLEY STREET QUEEN STREET 320 GYPSY LANE WELLINGTON STREET KING STREET Stone Arch 320 330 HURON 330 COUNTY4 43°44'0"N 43°44'0"N 81°26'0"W 81°25'45"W 81°25'30"W 81°25'15"W 050 100 200 m 0 250 500 1,000 ft A Stone Arch and a Fisherman’s Trail The development of this trail has been a community project including a walking trail, a fitness trail, fish habitat improvement area and a butterfly garden.
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