Top Parks in Timberlea, Halifax, Halifax regional municipality, Nova scotia

The Bluff Wilderness Hiking Trail

Address: 2890 St Margarets Bay Rd, Timberlea, NS B3T 1H4, Canada

“Hiking trails throughout the Bluff Wilderness area are top notch with amazing views from natural landscape. The four loops allow you to pick your distance, and give you many different landscapes as your move through the park. Going from rock-hopping to lakeside walks and back up for a hilltop view are all part of the journey. The trails are almost always obvious with blazes and rocks pointing you in the right direction. There is always a full park map at each intersection so you can't make a wrong turn. The opening rail trail is a generously wide crush stone path for walkers, runners and cyclists to move about. The entrance to the four loops is about half a kilometer from the parking lot and starts out more challenging than the average trail terrain. If you're planning to go farther than the Pot Lake Loop (first loop), I would suggest proper hiking shoes and apparel, a couple litres of water and a solid lunch. You'll be tired by the end with a big smile on your face. *Disclaimer: I haven't done the last loop of the trail, but have seen the designated campsites in flat areas along the trail. Happy hiking!”

Blue Mountain - Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Area

Address: Maskwa Club Trail, Timberlea, NS B3T 1H1, Canada

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“Beautiful area and trails, hard to believe it's just outside the city. We started with a planned trip around Charlie's lake loop, meeting another hiker he told us the rest of the loop was completely ice and we should probably go a different way. So we took Mike's trail. The trails are barely marked so 100% you need a GPS. We got lost and then found a unknown trail that wasn't on the GPS that was marked with ribbon. Followed it and found Fox lake loop. And made our way back with the GPS. Key points. All the trails were very icy this time of year, use a GPS, go early in the day incase you get lost. The trails involved lots of obstacles to get over, as well as climbing sometimes. Usually just jumping over rocks and tree branches. Really excited to go back!”