As we may be headed into a long few months and bummed about everything-here is a thread of easy trails and gardens you can visit with kids around Toronto and vicinity for some nature therapy. We visited all of these:
Williamson park ravine. Entrance on Gerrard east of Coxwell. Short half km walk but sweet. Smalls creek runs through it.
Glen Stuart ravine. Off of Kingston rd, in upper beach area. Boardwalk and stairs is about 1.5 km. Easy. Very pretty.
Trails at Brickworks. So many to choose from. Can go down to abandoned rail path. Parking off of Bayview.
Moore park ravine. Also accessible via Brickworks or north from Mount Pleasant Cemetery, full trail runs about 9 km. blogto.com/city/2018/09/m…
Doris McCarthy trail (Gates Gully). In Scarborough, unassuming entrance off Ravine drive. Once you enter kind of magic. Full trail is 14 km and can get to Bluffers park. We do short version to a sculpture by the water with a great view of the Bluffs.
Bronte Creek Provincial park in Oakville. Lots of pretty and easy 1-3 km forest trails.
Mount nemo conservation area. In Burlington, need to book via book.parkpassproject.com/book?inventory… Easy hikes, easy climb. Beautiful view at the top.
Rouge national park. Specifically Coyote trail. One of the MOST magical trails we visited this summer. Near Uxbridge, northern point of the park. Kids even commented on how pretty it was. It had everything in a short 3 km loop.
Kortright conservation area. In Vaughan. Also needs a reservation kortright.org. Lots of pretty and short hikes. Learned the difference between different types of wetlands here.
Edward gardens. Known to most Torontonians. Off Lawrence ave east. More manicured than the rest, some treed areas too.
Rosetta McClain Gardens. Off of kingston rd. Great view of lake Ontario from top off bluffs.
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