Share the Road Off Road Rail Trails

Share the Road Off Road Rail Trails

terrain. terrain. Tilley’s Cafe Cafe Tilley’s City of Owen Sound Owen of City support trail maintenance and development. and maintenance trail support Ainsley Woods CA Woods Ainsley information about Kolapore trails check out: kolaporetrails.org. out: check trails Kolapore about information biking at bluemountain.ca. at biking the Niagara Escarpment providing some challenging hills and rocky rocky and hills challenging some providing Escarpment Niagara the Kelso Beach Park Beach Kelso Weavers Creek Falls, Harrison Park Harrison Falls, Creek Weavers Mountains and the Town of Collingwood. Consider a membership to to membership a Consider Collingwood. of Town the and Mountains Coffin Ridge Boutique Winery Boutique Ridge Coffin (Tom Thomson Memorial Site) Memorial Thomson (Tom Collingwood and at the Kimberly General Store in Kimberly. For more more For Kimberly. in Store General Kimberly the at and Collingwood Downhill Biking) and up. Check out Ontario’s best downhill mountain mountain downhill best Ontario’s out Check up. and Biking) Downhill through hardwood and pine plantations. The trail is situated along along situated is trail The plantations. pine and hardwood through is operated and maintained by the Municipality of Meaford, The Blue Blue The Meaford, of Municipality the by maintained and operated is See to Things Downtown Meaford Downtown Leith Church Leith Bike and Ski Shop and the Georgian Triangle Tourist Association in in Association Tourist Triangle Georgian the and Shop Ski and Bike trail passes, lessons and programs for ages 8 years (10 years for for years (10 years 8 ages for programs and lessons passes, trail These trails alternate between easy riding and rugged looping trails trails looping rugged and riding easy between alternate trails These Northlands Beach, both great stops for a swim in summer. The trail trail The summer. in swim a for stops great both Beach, Northlands See to Things are available at the Ravenna Country Market in Ravenna, Little Ed’s Ed’s Little Ravenna, in Market Country Ravenna the at available are Activity Central Building, the Bike Centre offers rentals, repairs, repairs, rentals, offers Centre Bike the Building, Central Activity Harrison Park at the bottom of the hill can be busy. be can hill the of bottom the at Park Harrison orchards, over several trestle bridges, and access to Christie Beach and and Beach Christie to access and bridges, trestle several over orchards, share the trails with the many hikers that make use of the area. Maps Maps area. the of use make that hikers many the with trails the share provide the information and equipment you need. Located in the the in Located need. you equipment and information the provide (Easy/More Difficult/Very Difficult) 10 km km 10 Difficult) Difficult/Very (Easy/More Some off-road sections can be wet in spring. in wet be can sections off-road Some into Owen Sound, past Greenwood Cemetery, as the entrance to to entrance the as Cemetery, Greenwood past Sound, Owen into Harbour in Collingwood. Trail highlights include passing through apple apple through passing include highlights Trail Collingwood. in Harbour trails may not be passable at all times. You must also be prepared to to prepared be also must You times. all at passable be not may trails the escarpment’s downhill trails, Blue Mountain’s Bike Centre will will Centre Bike Mountain’s Blue trails, downhill escarpment’s the Massie Hills Hills Massie Some Some roads traveled by Horse and Buggy. Use caution when descending descending when caution Use Buggy. and Horse by traveled roads Meaford Harbour (Bridge St.), Bayview Park in Thornbury, and the the and Thornbury, in Park Bayview St.), (Bridge Harbour Meaford Note Cyclists area. The terrain is extremely rugged and not maintained for biking; biking; for maintained not and rugged extremely is terrain The area. gentle terrain, or a heart pumping adrenaline rush as you tackle tackle you as rush adrenaline pumping heart a or terrain, gentle rail trails, founded in 1989. There are 30 access points, including including points, access 30 are There 1989. in founded trails, rail Note Cyclists Owen Sound, ON N4K 5N6 N4K ON Sound, Owen [email protected] network as well as ongoing efforts to protect the integrity of the the of integrity the protect to efforts ongoing as well as network Whether you are looking for a scenic ride around the area’s more more area’s the around ride scenic a for looking are you Whether Centre Owen Sound Owen Centre along the southern shore of Georgian Bay and is one of the area’s first first area’s the of one is and Bay Georgian of shore southern the along 102599 Grey Rd 18, RR 4 RR 18, Rd Grey 102599 some rocky sections winding through hardwood and pine plantations. pine and hardwood through winding sections rocky some 1-877-733-4739 use. Trail maps are recommended due to the complexity of the trail trail the of complexity the to due recommended are maps Trail use. Difficulty Moderate Parking Kelso Beach, Owen Sound Owen Beach, Kelso Parking Fred Raper Park/Meaford – Bayshore Community Community Bayshore – Park/Meaford Raper Fred 10 km cross-country, 30 km downhill downhill km 30 cross-country, km 10 This classic rail trail follows the route of the original Northern Railway Railway Northern original the of route the follows trail rail classic This Grey County Tourism County Grey The Pines Loop (all other trails hiking only) is mainly flat terrain with with terrain flat mainly is only) hiking trails other (all Loop Pines The provincially significant flora and fauna and are not suited for summer summer for suited not are and fauna and flora significant provincially Distance 40km Surface Paved Surface Paved/Gravel/Stonedust/Packed Dirt Paved/Gravel/Stonedust/Packed (Intermediate/Very Difficult) (Intermediate/Very Trail Head and Maps available on property on available Maps and Head Trail that some trails are adjacent to sensitive wetland areas that boast boast that areas wetland sensitive to adjacent are trails some that and attractions and visitgrey.ca/cycling (Easy) Stone dust Stone (Easy) Difficulty Distance Easy/Moderate 43km rugged mountain biking experience in summer months. Please note note Please months. summer in experience biking mountain rugged Blue Mountain – Downhill – Mountain Blue town charm. charm. town - - Bike certified restaurants, accommodation, accommodation, restaurants, certified Bike Meaford to Collingwood to Meaford km 32 (Easy/More Difficult) 3 km km 3 Difficult) (Easy/More months for cross-country skiing but do provide for a remote and and remote a for provide do but skiing cross-country for months enjoy, including beautiful farmsteads in Mennonite Country and small small and Country Mennonite in farmsteads beautiful including enjoy, Trail Georgian For a complete listing of Ontario By Ontario of listing complete a For burial site at the Leith Church. Church. Leith the at site burial Area The Kolapore Wilderness trails are predominantly used in winter winter in used predominantly are trails Wilderness Kolapore The The blend of city and rural riding provides an array of landscapes to to landscapes of array an provides riding rural and city of blend The overlooking Georgian Bay, and of course a visit to Tom Thomson’s Thomson’s Tom to visit a course of and Bay, Georgian overlooking runs through mature forest along the Escarpment. Escarpment. the along forest mature through runs views of the city of Owen Sound and the shorelines of Georgian Bay. Bay. Georgian of shorelines the and Sound Owen of city the of views Inglis Falls Conservation Conservation Falls Inglis (Moderate/More Difficult) – 50 km 50 – Difficult) (Moderate/More and features a close-up experience with rural farmland, scenic vistas vistas scenic farmland, rural with experience close-up a features and trails for the intermediate to novice rider. Smooth, fast singletrack singletrack fast Smooth, rider. novice to intermediate the for trails interest to naturalists and birders. Motorized use is allowed. is use Motorized birders. and naturalists to interest Hills and descents are prevalent along this trek revealing panoramic panoramic revealing trek this along prevalent are descents and Hills trail is quiet and family-oriented, following on and off-road sections sections off-road and on following family-oriented, and quiet is trail Kolapore Wilderness Trails Wilderness Kolapore Offering spectacular views of Georgian Bay, Loree Forest offers good good offers Forest Loree Bay, Georgian of views spectacular Offering through a variety of bush, swamp and farmland. Several areas are of of are areas Several farmland. and swamp bush, of variety a through Girl Guide Guide Girl and horseback riding) trail between Owen Sound and Meaford. The The Meaford. and Sound Owen between trail riding) horseback and runs through this area and is off-limits to cyclists. cyclists. to off-limits is and area this through runs magnificent views of Georgian Bay and open farmland before passing passing before farmland open and Bay Georgian of views magnificent (Moderate/ Difficult) 7 km 7 Difficult) (Moderate/ The Tom Thomson Trail is a non-motorized, multi-use (biking, hiking hiking (biking, multi-use non-motorized, a is Trail Thomson Tom The bedrock, and a diversity of ferns and wildflowers. The Bruce Trail Trail Bruce The wildflowers. and ferns of diversity a and bedrock, The trail climbs steadily heading out of Owen Sound and affords affords and Sound Owen of out heading steadily climbs trail The of the property, with cycling and hiking trails in the interior. the in trails hiking and cycling with property, the of Loree Forest Loree Trail Thomson Tom and wide forest access road. Visitors will see frequent outcrops of of outcrops frequent see will Visitors road. access forest wide and trails with some moderately steep hills. Trail runs along the north edge edge north the along runs Trail hills.

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