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Trails & conservation

Discover trails & conservation across Durham Region. Read original visitor guides, location details and source-checked access notes.

Duffins Creek winding through a wooded valley below Greenwood Conservation Area’s lookout.
The Duffins Creek valley from a lookout in Greenwood Conservation Area, photographed in 2017.Photo: The Cosmonaut · CC BY-SA 2.5 CA · Resized and converted to WebP; display may crop.
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Visitors beside the Altona Forest trail kiosk, 2006.
Visitors beside the Altona Forest trail kiosk, 2006.Photo: Paul (Flickr: colley) · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Resized and converted to WebP; display may crop.

Pickering · Trails & conservation

Altona Forest

A protected woodland in Pickering with walking trails and opportunities to observe forest birds and native plants.

Duffins Creek winding through a wooded valley below Greenwood Conservation Area’s lookout.
The Duffins Creek valley from a lookout in Greenwood Conservation Area, photographed in 2017.Photo: The Cosmonaut · CC BY-SA 2.5 CA · Resized and converted to WebP; display may crop.

Ajax · Trails & conservation

Greenwood Conservation Area

A Duffins Creek conservation area in north Ajax with forest and river-valley walks.

Heber Down Railway Trail sign beside a leaf-covered woodland path.
Railway Trail at Heber Down Conservation Area, photographed in December 2017.Photo: Sikander Iqbal · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized and converted to WebP; display may crop.

Whitby · Trails & conservation

Heber Down Conservation Area

A wooded Whitby conservation area with trails through the Lynde Creek valley and around ponds and wetlands.

Wooden boardwalk and railing surrounded by tall wetland reeds at Lynde Shores.
A boardwalk among the reeds at Lynde Shores Conservation Area.Photo: Liz A. Arnsby · CC BY 2.0 · Resized and converted to WebP; display may crop.

Whitby · Trails & conservation

Lynde Shores Conservation Area

A Whitby wetland conservation area with walking loops and marsh viewing platforms for birdwatching.

Oshawa · Trails & conservation

Oshawa Second Marsh

A 137-hectare coastal wetland in southeast Oshawa, with a paved Waterfront Trail section and marsh paths.

A dirt path winding between trees at Enniskillen Conservation Area.
A woodland trail at Enniskillen Conservation Area.Photo: AwesomeQuill67 · CC0 1.0 · Resized and converted to WebP; display may crop.

Clarington · Trails & conservation

Enniskillen Conservation Area

A Clarington conservation area with wooded trails, ponds and sections of Bowmanville Creek.

Clarington · Trails & conservation

Long Sault Conservation Area

CLOCA’s largest conservation area, about 400 hectares on the Oak Ridges Moraine near Bowmanville, with more than 18 kilometres of trails.

A wooden trail bridge at Blackwater Junction beside wetlands, photographed in 2010.
Blackwater Junction on the Beaver River Wetland Trail, photographed in 2010.Photo: Eric Marshall · CC BY 3.0 · Resized and converted to WebP; display may crop.

Brock · Trails & conservation

Beaver River Wetland Trail

A public former-railway trail through Brock’s Beaver River landscape, with walking, cycling and birdwatching opportunities.

A common ringlet butterfly resting on an ox-eye daisy at Crow’s Pass Conservation Area.
A common ringlet butterfly photographed at Crow’s Pass Conservation Area.Photo: The Cosmonaut · CC BY-SA 2.5 ca · Resized and converted to WebP; display may crop.

Scugog · Trails & conservation

Crow’s Pass Conservation Area

A seasonal forest trail area near Port Perry with a connection to the Oak Ridges Moraine Trail.

White bloodroot blossoms above green leaves in Durham Regional Forest.
Bloodroot flowering in Durham Regional Forest.Photo: The Cosmonaut · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized and converted to WebP; display may crop.

Uxbridge · Trails & conservation

Durham Regional Forest

An Oak Ridges Moraine forest near Uxbridge with marked loops used for walking, cycling and other trail activities.