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9 Nature & Parks in Haliburton That You Shouldn't Miss
Discover the best top things to do in Haliburton, Canada including Abbey Gardens, Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve, MacDonald Lake, Haliburton Sculpture Forest, Haliburton Skyline Park, Haliburton Highlands Water Trails, Algonquin Provincial Park, Haliburton Forest Wolf Centre, Haliburton Rail Trail.
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1. Abbey Gardens
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 13 reviews
Abbey Gardens is a charity with a big dream to transform a spent gravel pit into a green space. Everything we do on sight helps further our mission to create opportunities to learn about sustainable living. Visit us to learn about local food, gardening, alternative energy, land restoration, and rare agricultural animals!
2. Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 294 reviews
Ontario's hidden outdoor recreation, education and entertainment gem. Haliburton Forest, is a unique, privately owned forest located on over 100,000 acres of rolling hardwood forests, beautiful lakes, meandering rivers and extensive wetlands in the Haliburton Highlands of central Ontario, 3 hours north of Toronto. An outdoor lover's paradise, Haliburton Forest, features wilderness adventure activities including the Wolf Centre, the Walk in the Clouds forest canopy tour, groomed snowmobile/atv trails, mountain biking, dog sledding, fishing, hiking, astronomy, wildlife observation, wolf howls, natural history presentations, guided experiences, wilderness camping and accommodations, and an array of educational programs.
Reviewed By 808milam - Toronto, Canada
We are a group of nature lovers and decided to book a cottage there for a weekend getaway. It was a unique experience for us. The cottage was clean, comfy, well furnished, and a decent place to stay. There’s also a nice restaurant close by. The highlight of the trip was the Canopy Walk tour, with canoeing and hiking. It was fun and we love it!! Ted and Page were amazing in their jobs. If you love nature and the outdoors, Haliburton Forest is the place to be...Lakes, forest, trails, wildlife...We got to see the wolves at the Wolves Centre and strong packs of huskies (for winter dog sledding). The staff were nice and very helpful. Be aware that there’s a swarm of mosquitoes (in June). Just come prepared. Other than that, it was our first time in HFWR and we had a great time. Highly recommended.
3. MacDonald Lake
4. Haliburton Sculpture Forest
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 122 reviews
Reviewed By Cass8-4U - London, Canada
The Sculpture Forest is located in Glebe Park on College Drive a short way up Industrial Park Road. It’s beside The Haliburton School of Art and Design (Fleming College). Lots of free parking and admission by donation so it provides a very economical family outing. Ours was a beautiful fall day for a walk in the woods since the trails were carpeted with fallen leaves. There is a brochure of the sculptures but the trails are a bit of a maze and it is easy to miss some of the works. The park is unique with sculptures made from many mediums including limestone, cement, acrylics, bronze, steel, wire, beads, several types of granite and even old farm implements. My personal favourites were the large bronze Irish Wolfhound (Gelert), the salt and pepper bear carrying 2 children off on an adventure and the sleeping huntress on Belmont rose granite. But I was blown away by the beauty of an Indigenous father and son carved out of one piece of local granite. The colours in this work are exquisite. The statue was gifted to the Forest by the artist, John Beachli. There are upwards of 30 sculptures in the park- something to interest everyone. Highly recommended!
5. Haliburton Skyline Park
6. Haliburton Highlands Water Trails
7. Algonquin Provincial Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 36 reviews
Reviewed By bdaltybenn - Uxbridge, Canada
If you want to go somewhere with no power boats and silence to get away from it all. A place where cells don't work and you can just focus on relaxing then this is the place for you! Annual canoe trip that provides that much needed mental break. Go there.
8. Haliburton Forest Wolf Centre
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 21 reviews
Reviewed By Gazubidog - Toronto, Canada
We recently visited the Wolf Centre. We are three seniors and at our ages, we really wondered why we were going there as we thought we knew a lot about wolves already. Were we ever wrong! In just 1 hour, we learned more from Paul and the staff than we knew before. The wolf pack was close by, within 5 feet of our viewing point. Paul explained the family units, feeding habits, mating,and travelling habits of the packs. This is a great place to visit if you know nothing about Wolves or if you think you know a lot about them. The exhibits and movie are well worth seeing also.
9. Haliburton Rail Trail
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 10 reviews
