This is another Bruce Trail hike, one that starts at the Caledon Trailway &
The Gore Road then follows the Bruce Trail to Glen Haffy Conservation Area.
As with all Bruce Trail hikes, more details and detailed maps can be found in
the Bruce Trail Guidebook. Surprisingly,
the total ascent for this hike was close to 700 meters, which is pretty good
workout for a Southern Ontario hike.
This is another hike that you can shorten or stretch as your time and energy
allows. Unless you want to make it a really long day the return trip will usually
be on roads, not trails. If you are going to double-back on a road try to pick
one that is not too busy. The last leg of this hike is along The Gore, a 70km/hour
road with most traffic going substantially faster than that. When I do this
one again I'll try to pick a less-travelled return route.
Along the trail there are several areas to take a break for a snack. I've included
waypoints for these rest areas. There are a also lot of stables in the area.
Be prepared to keep an eye out for fresh deposits on the trail, particularly
if your hiking boots are fairly new...
Trailmaps
There are a number of places to start a hike in this area. There is a small
parking lot where the Caledon Trailway crosses The Gore Rd.; most of the other
roads that crossed the trailway also had parking areas or wide shoulders. Checking
your Bruce Trail Guidebook will also point out several other parking areas.
Here area two maps of the hike generated by ExpertGPS using my GPS's breadcrumb
trail. The first map is a simple map of the trail; the second is the same data
superimposed on a topo map. The color track lines on this map show the hike
segments.
The green line is the section of the Bruce Trail
from The Gore Rd. to Glen Haffy.
The blue line is the Caledon Escarpment Side
Trail from Glen Haffy to Finnerty Sideroad.
The yellow line is the route I followed to make
the hike into a loop, hiking along Innis Lake Rd, Patterson Rd., and The Gore
Rd.
This is another Bruce Trail hike, one that starts at the Caledon Trailway & The Gore Road then follows the Bruce Trail to Glen Haffy Conservation Area. As with all Bruce Trail hikes, more details and detailed maps can be found in the Bruce Trail Guidebook. Surprisingly, the total ascent for this hike was close to 700 meters, which is pretty good workout for a Southern Ontario hike.
This is another hike that you can shorten or stretch as your time and energy allows. Unless you want to make it a really long day the return trip will usually be on roads, not trails. If you are going to double-back on a road try to pick one that is not too busy. The last leg of this hike is along The Gore, a 70km/hour road with most traffic going substantially faster than that. When I do this one again I'll try to pick a less-travelled return route.
Along the trail there are several areas to take a break for a snack. I've included waypoints for these rest areas. There are a also lot of stables in the area. Be prepared to keep an eye out for fresh deposits on the trail, particularly if your hiking boots are fairly new...
Trailmaps
There are a number of places to start a hike in this area. There is a small parking lot where the Caledon Trailway crosses The Gore Rd.; most of the other roads that crossed the trailway also had parking areas or wide shoulders. Checking your Bruce Trail Guidebook will also point out several other parking areas.
Here area two maps of the hike generated by ExpertGPS using my GPS's breadcrumb trail. The first map is a simple map of the trail; the second is the same data superimposed on a topo map. The color track lines on this map show the hike segments.
The green line is the section of the Bruce Trail from The Gore Rd. to Glen Haffy.
The blue line is the Caledon Escarpment Side Trail from Glen Haffy to Finnerty Sideroad.
The yellow line is the route I followed to make the hike into a loop, hiking along Innis Lake Rd, Patterson Rd., and The Gore Rd.