Hikes in and around toronto
some of my favourite hikes in and around Toronto for you to enjoy!
Hiking times are for fit adults used to hiking 5-6 kms per hour on flat roads. Times do not include stops for photography or lunch breaks.
The difficulty rating is based on the system we use on our international trips. You can find more on that here.
Maps are sketches and are only to be used to give you an idea of the location of the trail. They are no substitute for hiking maps or apps.
The gpx files can be uploaded to a mapping app to follow the route. If you need to convert them, try this site.
Use common sense when hiking: dress for the conditions, bring water and food, hike with somebody or let someone know where you are.
Durham region
Goodwood, Secord & Rouge NP
A hidden gem on the Oak Ridge Morraine. Combines three loops
Rating: Moderate
Terrain: undulating hills, hardwood forest, dense bush & wetlands
Hiking Time: 3½ hours
Length: 15 kms
Food:
Glen Major &
Walker Woods
A nice ramble in a popular area. My tracking app stopped working before I got back to the start
Rating: Leisurely / Moderate
Terrain: undulating hills, hardwood forest
Hiking Time: 2½ hours
Length: 10.5 kms
Food:
Goodwood
Conservation Area
A nice circuit through tracts of evergreen and deciduous forest
Rating: Leisurely / Moderate
Terrain: undulating hills, mixed forest, some road
Hiking Time: 1½ hours
Length: 7 kms
Food:
Secord Forest
A nice ramble through mostly hardwood forest, circling a pond
Rating: Leisurely
Terrain: mostly flat with a few hills, hardwood forest
Hiking Time: 1½ hours
Length: 5.8 kms
Food:
Self-Guided hikes on the Amalfi Coast
Follow ancient footpaths to hamlets tucked away in forest-clad hills. Hike the Path of the Gods and marvel at the views over the stunning Italian coastline
Rating: Moderate
Terrain: mountains, forests and seascapes
Hiking Time: 8 days
From: CA$1799
Clubine, North Walker & Walker Woods
A hike in pretty forests and farmland on the Oak Ridges Moraine
Rating: Moderate
Terrain: mostly flat with a few steep ups and downs, hardwood forest, some road walking
Hiking Time: 4 hours
Length: 17 kms
Food:
Seaton Trail South
& Urfé Creek
A hike through riverine forest & meadows, suburban parks & streets
Rating: Moderate
Terrain: mostly flat with a few steep ups and downs, some road walking
Hiking Time: 4 hours
Length: 17 kms
Food:
Durham Regional Forest to Crow's Pass Loop
A hike through tall hardwood forest, hilly
Rating: Moderate (13 km), Leisurely/Moderate (7 km)
Terrain: plenty of hills with some long ups and downs, some road walking
Hiking Time: 2½/4 hours
Length: 7/13 kms
Food:
Hiking along the levada irrigation channels, enjoy dramatic scenery, black sand beaches, volcanic craters and gushing mountain streams.
Rating: Moderate
Terrain: mountains, forests and coastal scenery
Hiking Time: 8 days
From: CA$1749
York Region
Hall Tract & Eldrid King
A walk along mostly wide, flat trails
Rating: Leisurely / Moderate
Terrain: some hills and narrower trails on the west, flat and wide trails on the east
Hiking Time: 2.5 hours
Length: 10.5 kms
Food: several options in Aurora
East Reykjavik, the Laugavegurinn trail takes you through incredible landscapes of glaciers, mountains in every colour of the rainbow, lava flows and deep gorges.
Rating: Moderate
Terrain: mountainous with moss and gravel underfoot
Hiking Time: 7 days
From: CA$4290
dUFFERIN
Walk the best sections of the Camino Frances through northern Spain and end in Santiago de Compostella
Rating: Moderate
Terrain: mountains, forests, hills, farmland, villages and towns
Hiking Time: 13 days
From: CA$4399
Simcoe
North of Noisy River
Walks along country roads, escarpment views, forest and fields
Rating: Moderate
Terrain: some hills, otherwise reasonably flat
Hiking Time: 4 hours
Length: 14 kms
Food:
Nottawasaga Bluffs
Forest, country roads, escarpment views, fields and karst features
Rating: Leisurely / Moderate
Terrain: some hills and scrambling, otherwise reasonably flat
Hiking Time: 1½-4 hours
Length: 5-17 kms
Food:
Parking - see Notes
Northwest of Oslo, sheer rock walls rise a kilometre into the sky, farms hang onto impossibly narrow strips of land, while waterfalls tumble down its cliffs. Explore Norway's heartland on foot.
Rating: Moderate
Terrain: good trails with some steep ascends
Hiking Time: 8 days
From: CA$5249
Toronto
Highland Creek Circuit
A nice hike along mostly paved paths, through city ravines and along the Scarborough Bluffs
Rating: Moderate
Terrain: mostly flat, parks, suburb
Hiking Time: 4½ hours
Length: 16 kms
Food:
Guildwood to Rouge Hill
A walk between two GO stations along mostly paved paths, through city ravines and along Lake Ontario; route includes detour around 2022 construction
Rating: Moderate
Terrain: mostly flat, parks, river valley
Hiking Time: 3½ hours
Length: 12 kms
Food:
This self-guided holiday along the Ring of Kerry offers you a selection of the best hikes and walks in this part of Ireland.
Rating: Moderate
Terrain: hills with steep valleys, small towns, farmland and seascapes
Hiking Time: 8 days
From: CA$2249
Halton
Crawford Lake
Accessing Crawford lake through the backdoor affords some quiet trails and spectacular views
Rating: Moderate
Terrain: minor ups and downs, mostly flat through hardwood forest
Hiking Time: 3 hours
Length: 11 kms
Food:
GPX route not available
Discover the valleys, olive and citrus groves of beautiful Naxos, Santorini with its spectacular views and trails and the ancient paths of Paros
Rating: Moderate
Terrain: olive groves, coastal scenery, hills and mountains
Hiking Time: 8 days
From: CA$2479
Haliburton
Barnum Creek
A nice walk through mixed forest bisected by pretty Barnum Creek
Rating: Easy - Moderate
Terrain: some ups and downs, forest & meadows
Hiking Time: 1½ hour
Length: 6.5 kms
Food:
Abbey Gardens
A pleasant walk through deciduous forest and gardens
Rating: Easy
Terrain: a few ups and downs, forest & gardens
Hiking Time: 1 hour
Length: 6 kms
Food:
Walk the best sections of the Mont Blanc Circuit, staying in a comfortable mountain chalet
Rating: Moderate
Terrain: alpine forest and meadows
Hiking Time: 8 days
From: CA$2099
Prince Edward County
McCauley Mountain
A hike through mixed forest & juniper bush
Rating: Easy - Moderate
Terrain: a steep up followed by downhill bias
Hiking Time: 1 hour
Length: 5 kms
Food:
Enjoy dramatic scenery of moors, hills and mountains, charming villages and pubs and stupendous views on this classic English trek.
Rating: Challenging
Terrain: moors & mountains
Hiking Time: 15 days
From: CA$3357