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Haliburton highlands rail trail
The Rail Trail extends 35km from the community of Haliburton to the community of Kinmount.
The scenery along the way is exceptional, with lazy winding rivers, waterfalls, bogs, heritage bridges and even the ruins of a chemical plant.
Length: Approximately 35 km Difficulty: Easy to moderate
Features: Nature and Heritage
Access: Multiple access points throughout the lenth of the trail

Township of Algonquin Highlands
Dorset Scenic Tower Trail
Length: 1.5 km loop Difficulty: Challenging
Features: Dorset Lookout Tower
Access: From the bottom: 1038 Main Street, Dorset. From the top: 1154 Dorset Scenic Tower Road (off of Highway 35 North, just north of the Town of Dorset).

Beetle Lake Trail
Length: Approximately 5 km loop
Difficulty: Easy
Features: Close to Algonquin Park
Access: 1035 Algonquin Outfitters Road, Dwight – This road goes north off of Highway 60 just west of the Algonquin Park West Gate.

Ridge Trail Hiking Network
Length: Over 23.5 km combined – ranging from 0.7 km to 8 km
Difficulty: Easy Moderate Challenging
Features: Lookouts, heritage and nature at its best
Access: Multiple access points, please see map

Frost Centre Hiking Trails
Length: 1-11 km stacked loop
Difficulty: Easy
Features: Geomorphology Self-guided Hikes
Access: 20130 Highway 35 North – 12km south of the Town of Dorset.

Algonquin park trails
Widely considered to be one of the best provincial parks in Ontario, Algonquin Park features a multitude of hiking trails just waiting to be explored. The park features over a dozen interpretive walking trails, making your hike both challenging and fascinating.
Length: various
Difficulty: Easy moderate challenging
Features: Self-guided Hikes
Access: Highway 60 North – 37 km north of the Town of Dorset.

Municipality of Dysart et al – In the Heart of the Haliburton Highlands
Barnum Creek Nature Reserve
Barnum Creek Nature Reserve is a mosaic of habitats ranging from tolerant hardwood, mixed wood, early successional forests, and grassland, to marsh and swamp. Running through this tapestry of habitats is Barnum Creek
Barnum Creek has lovely trails and at times they can be very wet, muddy or icy. Wear appropriate footwear.
Difficulty: Heritage Hike easy to moderate – 5 km Waterfall Way – Easy to moderate – 3/4 km Ridge Trail – Challenging – 1 km
Features: Nature

Glebe Park & the Haliburton Sculpture Forest
On the north shore of Head Lake in the village of Haliburton, Glebe Park is 175 acres of woodlands and rolling hills with networks of trails for walking, mountain-biking, cross country-skiing and snowshoeing. It is also a great place to engage with art, culture and heritage. Glebe Park is home to the Haliburton Highlands Museum, Haliburton Sculpture Forest and Fleming College, Haliburton School of The Arts.
Difficulty: Easy to moderate
Features: Arts and Heritage
Access: Glebe Park has two entrances: 297 College Drive, Haliburton and/or 66 Museum Road, Haliburton

Head Lake Trail and Drag River Trail
This community based trail travels around Head Lake exposing walkers to a variety of scenery around Haliburton.
Difficulty: Easy Moderate
Access: Anywhere in Haliburton Village

Haliburton Forest Hiking Trails
Haliburton Forest is full of variety and the hiking trails are no exception. The 300km of trails make Haliburton Forest an ideal destination for three season hiking vacations – you never have to explore the same trail twice. Stay overnight and walk as many routes as you can!
Length: over 300 km
Difficulty: Easy Moderate
Features: Wolf Centre
Access: 1305 redkenn Road, Haliburton

High Falls Hiking Trail
From the end of the trail you have a view of the top of the rapids upstream of High Falls and a view downstream towards the falls. High Falls is part of Algonquin Park and Permits are available at Pine Grove Point Lodge.
Length: 2 km
Difficulty: Easy Moderate
Access: Take Hwy. 118 east of Haliburton to Essonville Ln. (County Rd. 4) and then follow to Wilberforce. From Wilberforce, take County Rd. 648 through the village of Harcourt to Elephant Lake Rd. (County Rd. 10). Continue on Elephant Lake Rd. approximately 12km. You’ll find both parking and the trailhead 2 km beyond the Kingscote Lake Access Point Road intersection.

Sir Sam's Historical Interpretive Hiking Trail
Hike this scenic trail to the top of the hill to see remnants of what was once apple orchards and wheat fields while learning of the history of Sir Sam Hughes, Glenn Eagle Estate and the history and development of the ski hill. Cost is $5.00 per hiker at honour box & for more information
Length: 4+ km
Difficulty: Moderate
Features: Panaramic view over Eagle and Moose lakes
Access: 1054 Liswood Rd. Ealge Lake; access off parking lot at main chalet only

Municipality of Highlands East – Yours to Explore
Farr Road Walking Trail
You may notice remnants of old pavement under foot. While this forgotten roadbed does eventually connect up with the existing highway just south of town your efforts to follow it through will be thwarted when the road abruptly disappears under a scenic wetland. Before turning back take a moment to admire the massive beaver dam that created the marsh and marvel at the engineering skills of this energetic family of beavers.
If you happen to be a geocacher, there are geocaches hidden along this trail.
Length: Approximately 600 m each way Difficulty: Easy

The Homesteader Trail Loop
Length: Approximately 25 km, can be divided into two smaller loops and offers great geocaching! Difficulty: Easy to moderate
Features: Geocaching Capital of Canada
Access: Trail heads located at Glamor Lake and Tory Hill Park

Prospector Trail
The Prospector Trail Loop is a trail with a tale of prospectors and miners who came in the 1920’s-1950’s for molybdenite and flourite and discovered uraninite; the richest ore of radium. The route encompases long abandoned mine sites such as the Harcourt Graphite mine, the Dwyer, Schickler, Tripp and Clark mines; long lost to the undergrowth. Take time to explore the rock cuts on the Old Burleigh Road and the I.B.&O. for black Tourmaline, blue Apatite and deep purple Flourite
Length: Approximately 18 km
Difficulty: Easy to moderate
Features: Red Cross Outpost, Mumford Road Mineral Collection Site and Geocaching
Access: Trail Head located in Wilberforce and Harcourt

Silent Lake Provincial Park trails
Silent Lake Provincial Park Loop Trail is a 13.8 kilometer moderately trafficked loop trail located near Highlands East, Ontario, Canada that features a lake and is rated as moderate. The trail is primarily used for hiking, walking, and nature trips and is best used from May until October. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
Length: Approximately 13.8 km
Difficulty: Easy to moderate

Sucker Lake Walking Trail
On occasion beaver dams, on ponds above Sucker Lake fail and gargantuan volumes of water pour into Sucker, overflowing and eventually washing away the dam. As you walk the trail you’ll see how those past spills have uprooted trees, bared the bedrock and carved a deep gully. On numerous occasions the flooding also undermined the railway track where the I.B.&O Railway crossed the creek at the mouth of the river. This spot became known to locals as “The Wash-Out” a favourite place for Sucker fishing in the spring.
Length: Approximately 750 m each way
Difficulty: moderate

Township of Minden Hills – In Season, Every Season
Minden Boardwalk
Length: Approximately 0.4km
Difficulty: Easy
Features: Fully accessible and permits bicycles
Access: Entrance is at the Cultural Centre on Bobcaygeon Road
Minden Riverwalk
Length: Approximately 1km
Difficulty: Easy
Features: Accessible pathway and footbridge over the Gull River
Access: Along Water Street and Invergordon Avenue
Harrington Park & Minden Wild Water Preserve
Length: Approximately 0.5km
Difficulty: Easy to moderate
Features: Spectacular view of the rapids
Access: South of Horseshoe Lake Road / Bethel Road intersection
Snowdon Park
Length: Approximately 3km with several other shorter trails throughout
Difficulty: Easy to moderate
Features: Year round access and wheelchair accessible sections
Access: Entrance is just south of the South Lake/Gelert Roads intersection
Dahl Forest
Haliburton Highlands Land Trust’s Dahl Forest is approximately 500 acres and straddles 2.7 km of the Burnt River in Haliburton County 5 km south of Gelert. The ecological significance of the Dahl Forest is evident in the diversity of species and habitats found on the property.
Difficulty: Easy to moderate
Features: Nature and conservation planning
Access: 1307 Geeza Rd, off of Gelert Rd/County Rd 1 just 5 km south of Gelert.

Ganaraska Hiking Trail - The Wilderness Section
As well as being scenic, it is rugged and challenging. It is strongly recommended that the Wilderness Section only be hiked with an experienced hiker familiar with the Trail. For more information see the Wilderness section Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/GHTAwilderness/
Difficulty: Moderate to challenging
Features:
Access: Reminder re parking at Moore Falls. Please park in open grassy area to left of trail off Country Rd. just west of Hwy 35. No parking at km 1.1, where the trail leaves Black Lake Cottage Rd. to enter the woods. And definitely no parking at the Black Lake Cottage Rd. parking area.

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