START Lat/Long

N43.41779
W79.88207

LAST HIKED:

02 May 06, 15 Aug 06

HIKE LENGTH:

5 km

TOTAL
ASCENT:

 113 km

RATING:

beginner

TIME:

N/A

FEE: parking fee

Yes

TERRAIN:

undulating with one hill along escarpment edge

LUNCH SPOTS:

At Brock Harris Lookout

FACILITIES:

none

THE SITE:

This is a relatively short hike that takes you in a loop along the edge of the escarpment affording great views of the surrounding countryside below.

WAYPOINT
INTERVAL

DISTANCE
km

WAYPOINT-TO-WAYPOINT TRAIL DESCRIPTION

001 - 002

0.23

Park in large lot and walk toward two brown poles with white blazes at the end of the lot. After 230 m, you arrive at the main Bruce Trail which goes off to the left and is marked with white blazes (002).

002 - 003

2.6

The main trail is a narrow dirt path that continues along under the transmission lines overhead for some distance. The path swings away from the power lines to the right and widens as it passes through a mixed deciduous forest of birch, beech and maple. The trail comes close to the escarpment edge providing many good lookouts and showcasing many knarled white cedars clinging to the escarpment edge. The path becomes more rocky and root strewn. The trail arrives at the Brock Harris Lookout (003)

003 - 004

3.6

From this lookout point you can see that the escarpment winds to the west and north where you can see Rattlesnake Point and the Nottawasaga Canyon at Crawford Lake. Walkers Line down below runs north-south through the rural landscape of the Halton watershed. To the east you can see increasing urbanization emphasizing the importance of protecting the Niagara Escarpment. Leaving the lookout point and following along the edge of the escarpment you will soon see some yellow markers (circles with an arrow on one side) pointing towards a meadow on the right. This is just before the point where the main trail descends a rocky slope. Here we leave the escarpment edge and the main Bruce Trail and turn right on the Mount Nemo Side Trail (004)

004 - 002

4.7

The yellow blazed path follows along the side of a meadow, past some wooded areas, and into another meadow area with a lot of shubery before arriving at a wide road wher the path continues to the left along the road which takes you back to the intersection with the main bruce trail that you passed earlier. (002)

002 - 001

5.0

Continue straight ahead back to the parking lot (001)