Self Guided Hikes
SEVEN RIVERS BADGE
The Seven Rivers (aka Headwaters) Hike series features rivers in our Headwaters area: Humber, Nottawasaga, Boyne, Pine, Mad, Noisy and Pretty Rivers. It includes 7 hikes from three Bruce Trail Sections: Blue Mountains (3), Dufferin Hi-Land (2) and Caledon Hills (2). Hikers completing all 7 hikes in this series will be eligible to purchase a Seven Rivers Hike Series Badge from Dufferin Hi-Land BTC.
This series of hikes can be found on the hike schedule, or can be completed as a self-guided hike, earning the Seven Rivers Badge. For complete details of all seven hikes click here
Once the hikes are completed, contact us and you will be sent your certificate. Click here for instructions on submitting your hike log for the badge.
DUFFERIN HI-LAND HIGHLIGHT HIKES
The Dufferin Hi-land section of the Bruce Trail has many beautiful hikes. For the 50 year anniversary this series of hikes were developed, allowing you to hike the highlights of our beautiful section. Below you will find descriptions of the 11 Highlight hikes in the Dufferin Hi-Land Section. Enjoy!
A – South Outlier Loop – 3.9 km
Park in the Mono Community Centre parking lot and take the Laidlaw Side Trail east, cross Mono Centre Road and enter Mono Cliffs Park. When you come to the junction of the Main Trail, go right. When you get to the South Outlier Side Trail go left, and follow this loop trail for 3.5 km to where it rejoins the Main Trail. Go right and retrace your steps back to Mono Community Centre.
B – Mono Cliffs Park Loop – 8.8 km
Enter Mono Cliffs Park as above. Take the Walter Tovell ST 4 km, turn left at the Lookout ST and then left when you meet the Main Trail. Follow the Main Trail back to where it meets the Walter Tovell ST, and then walk back to Mono Community Centre.
C – Splitrock Loop – 3.8 km
Park at the BTC parking corral on 2nd Line E in Mono 1.2 km north of 25 Sideroad. Follow the Splitrock ST to its end at the 2nd junction of the Ralph Tremills ST and take this ST until it ends. Turn left, and on the way back to the corral walk the Narrows ST.
D – Primrose Loop – 3.3 km
Park on County Road 19 800 metres north of the bridge over the Boyne River. Take the Primrose Loop ST west to the top of the hill, follow this loop in either direction, then retrace your steps.
E – Boyne Valley Loop – 6.4 km
Park in the lot at the end of Centre Road south of 5 Sideroad. Walk south to the Main Trail, and take this in either direction to the Boyne Valley ST, and follow this ST back to the Main Trail to form a loop. Along the way take the Murphy’s Pinnacle ST to the lookout.
F – Boyne Valley School Trail – 2.7 km
Park on 1st Line 200 metres north of the Boyne Valley School sign. Take the Main Trail to the east to the Mulmur Lookout ST. Take this trail to its end, turn around and retrace your steps.
G – Oliver Creek Loop – 6.4 km
Park at the BTC lot on 1st Line 300 metres south of 10 Sideroad. Walk east on the Main Trail 3.7 km to the 2nd junction with the Oliver Creek ST. Take this trail west and then north back to the Main Trail and go left. At the junction of the Moss Haven ST go left on this ST back to the Main Trail. Go left on the Main Trail back to the parking lot.
H – Rockhill Loop – 2.1 km
Park at the BTC parking lot on 1st Line 300 metres south of 10 Sideroad. Walk north 100 metres along 1st Line and take the Main Trail on your left. 100 metres in, at the junction of the Rock Hill Park ST, go right and follow this trail to the end. Go left (south) on the Main Trail, walk the David Hahn ST loop and then go right on the Main Trail back to 1st Line.
I – Centre Road – 4.4 km
Park on Centre Road 1.2 km north of 10 Sideroad near where it deviates from the straight line. Walk on this road northwest to the bottom of the hill, turn around and retrace your steps.
J – Kilgorie Loop – 3.6 km
Park on Centre Road south of River Road. Walk west on River Road and follow the Main Trail up to and then past the Bell Lookout to the Kilgorie ST and follow this trail back to River Road.
K – Black Bank – 4.6 km
Park on Centre Road south of County Rd 21 at the northern Main Trail trailhead. Take the Main Trail east to County Rd 21, and turn around and retrace your steps.
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