Thursday, 25 June 2020

Urban Hiking - Humber Bay Park East

Some of the best hikes are really close to home. We're fortunate enough to live close to Lake Ontario and to enjoy some of the lakefront trails in our neighbourhood. This one is only about a 15 minute drive away from our home and was well worth visiting one evening before dinner.

There are about 3KM of looped trails to explore along the lake that will eventually take you back to the parking lot.  Because this trail is right in the city it was busy, even at 5:30 on a Wednesday afternoon. I'd suggest going early in the morning or skipping weekends all together to avoid crowds. This will give you more time and space to explore. If you want to make it a "lunch hour" hike, parking is free until 5PM on weekdays.  We stayed here for around an hour with zero complaints of boredom from Molly and Jack.


Just outside the parking lot (which I believe hosts farmers markets on weekends in the summer) is this reservoir area.

We found a family of ducks within the first few minutes of our adventure.

Some skyline views of downtown Toronto.

Molly checking out the sailboats at a distance.


When all the playgrounds are closed because of COVID-19 it's a good time to crawl along the rocks to practice your climbing skills.

Some of the tall grass paths could get a little buggy when it's rained or it's close to dusk.

Even human-made waterfalls are pretty.

A pretty beach near the end of our hike.

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