Niagara Region Nature Trails
Welcome to Niagara Region!
The Niagara region is located in southern Ontario, Canada, between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. The region encompasses a total area of 1,852 km2 with a population of 449,098.
Niagara Region, a 'location of wonder' with breathtaking cataracts, nature trails, lush vineyards, events and festivities is located at the southern part of Ontario in Canada. The world famous Niagara Falls, which has been recognized as one of the 'must see' tourist destinations in the world, the man-made wonder Welland Canal, wine regions, its proximity to the United States all that made the Region a destination for travelers for hundreds of years.
The Region is surrounded by three lakes - Lake Ontario, the River Niagara and Lake Erie. Find known and less known treasures of the region. Rivers, cataracts, parks, historical sites, farmlands, casinos, shopping, festivals and shows, the entire Region is beautiful and vibrant that entice any visitor.
To know the Niagara Peninsula in detail, you need to know the twelve municipalities. Each of which has its own distinctiveness, history, geographical differences, culture that together make the mosaic that is Niagara.
You will find some of the best hiking and nature trails in Ontario right here in Niagara Region.
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BEAMER MEMORIAL CONSERVATION AREA
Renowned as the best vantage point in the Niagara Peninsula to observe the annual spring hawk migration, and part of the internationally designated Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve, Beamer Memorial Conservation Area offers one of Niagara’s most breathtaking and...BLACK WALNUT SIDE TRAIL LOOP – BRUCE TRAIL
From the Short Hills Park parking lot follow the Black Walnut Side Trail in a clock wise direction by heading east along this blue-blazed trail. The trail crosses a low lying area and meets the main Bruce Trail. Turn right onto the white blazed Bruce Trail. After...BRUCE TRAIL
The Bruce Trail is a footpath that threads its way, from Queenston Heights in the south of Ontario to Tobermory, at the tip of the Bruce Peninsula to the north, along the Niagara Escarpment affording the user a variety of special interest side trails and spectacular...BRUCE TRAIL – NIAGARA SECTION
The Niagara Section is one of 9 sections of the Bruce Trail that threads its way, from Queenston Heights in the south of Ontario to Tobermory, at the tip of the Bruce Peninsula to the north, along the Niagara Escarpment affording the user a variety of special...BURGOYNE WOODS
Located in south St. Catharines on Edgedale Road, east of Glenridge Avenue, this 49-hectare park is a nature lover’s retreat. It features a front loop that is paved and wheelchair accessible. The back loop is surfaced intermittently with tar, wood chips, and...Cave Springs Conservation Area
Cave Springs Conservation Area features spectacular vistas overlooking Lake Ontario and the old Lake Iroquois shore, and is an exquisite representation of the Niagara Escarpment’s talus slopes and cliffs. The escarpment rim and bedrock plain forests are...Chippawa Creek Conservation Area
Chippawa Creek Conservation Areais a splendid example of conservation in action. The NPCA’s resource management practices have fostered an ideal wildlife habitat that offers rare public access to the Welland River. Recreationalists and naturalists alike will enjoy a...E. C. BROWN CONSERVATION AREA
This 15 hectare (36 acre) site is located on the Welland River in the Town of Pelham. E.C. Brown provides fishing and boating opportunities with shoreline frontage and a boat launch, as well as a picnic pavilion. Hike the area trail and view wetland, meadow and...GORD HARRY TRAIL
Named after Gord Harry, longtime conservationist, former Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority Chairman, Wainfleet Mayor and Wainfleet resident, this conservation trail extends east to west across the Township of Wainfleet along the former Grand Trunk Railway...