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    3.0 (1 review)

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    Springside Park

    Springside Park

    5.0(2 reviews)
    15.2 km

    This park is a rather unique park in that it has a rather extensive area of natural meadow habitat…read more The park is also home to the Hebert Arboretum, which I have never explored. Springside park is an excellent site for birdwatching and general ecological interest. Meadow-loving species, like field sparrow, which can be hard to find elsewhere, can be easily observed here. I also saw people here capturing butterflies; I can imagine this would be a good place to collect (or just view) butterflies. There is a main path through the meadow that has some gravel on it, and then a bunch of periodically mowed paths. The mowing on these paths was recent enough that it is probably relatively tick-safe if you stay on the paths. This could be tick heaven if you go off the path though, so be careful. I would be cautious about bringing pets to this park because they might be likely to come back with a bunch of ticks on them if they run into the denser meadow areas. One last word of warning: the road that goes in here is a dirt road, and is in quite terrible shape. Given how close to the middle of Pittsfield this is, and how short the road was, I was quite surprised by how bad the road was. It was pretty bumpy, and I can imagine that the road will only continue to deteriorate with rain. Until they fix up the road, you may want to find a place to park earlier on in the road and walk in, rather than driving the whole way in.

    This quaint little snack shack nestled within the confines of Springside Park truly has it all…read more Between a wonderful view of baseball games and a wide variety of fare for the public, this restaurant has resurrected a lost art, toasting the buns on the hamburgers. If I ever find myself out this way again, and I expect to about 5 more times this season, I plan on giving it another shot!

    Confederation Park - canadian pacific train

    Confederation Park

    4.3(3 reviews)
    25.5 km

    Park downtown Kingston, with access to the ferries and marina. Easy to get to from the highway …read more Nice spot to enjoy some ice cream or picnic. They have statues/ art, a fountain, an old time train and tourist office. There is also a walk from Ottawa to Kingston that goes through the park. Came on a cloudy day so wasn't too busy and the ferries were closed. The highlight and main attraction was the Kingston life size letters to take photos with as the "I".

    I know probably no one will go to this park, but I had to put a review here…read more On my drive between Montreal and Toronto, we needed to have a pit stop to have a quick bite to eat and to stretch our legs. I planned on only staying for 15 minutes max, so we could get to Toronto sooner. Then, after finally hitting downtown and parking in a garage (it was $1 for 30 min...), I said "We have 30 mins max." We walked to the park, which was amazing. People were outside, the fountain was beautiful, and the weather was absolutely perfect (I know the park didn't make the weather nice, but still). There were hot dog vendors out (there were like 6, and I got the Polish sausage, which was divine). There was a street sidewalk fair of the people in the area selling various goods (I bought some homemade soap and I got some locally grown blueberries to snack on). We eventually stayed for a little over an hour. It was an hour well spent. If you are ever making the drive from Montreal to Toronto (or the other way), and the weather is nice, I highly recommend decompressing at this quaint little town. You will not be disappointed! BTW, the downtown is vibrant, lots of places to eat, hang out.

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    Wellesley Island State Park

    Wellesley Island State Park

    4.2(19 reviews)
    62.6 km

    This site was hyped WAY more than what we got from it. For full hookups, there is only one loop…read more(Loop F) for them and they do not support larger trailers/5th wheels. The sites on this loop have a max length of 40' back-in, but when we drove them, there is absolutely no way that there were more than 2 spots that would have accommodated this and it wouldn't have been an easy fit unless you're very experienced with backing in a camper/5th wheel. The sites were extremely close together as well, with no mature trees, and not real parking for cars. Also, we noticed a trend of cars taking up extra spots and many cars for one site spilling over into others sites. We stayed in H10 and he sites were much more spacious. There were no mature trees around the campsite at all, but plenty of room for our kids to roam and play. The sites are electric only with water pump stations around. Luckily, we were situated in a spot that we could run hose to the spigot for water. We would suggest having an extra 100-150' of hose if you're planning to stay here. There is a cute park right on this loop for the kids to play at. The dump stations had very low water pressure making it difficult to flush the black tank. Additionally, they only had 3 spots for dump which meant there is a wait and it kind of sucked in the rain. We did see a lot of wildlife which was fun for the kids (and man). It was fairly quiet even though our loop was completely full. The scenery is beautiful. The river is gorgeous and fishing was fun. It was harder to find a spot to fish from - you cannot fish from the piers which is very inconvenient with little kids to navigate wet rocks and risk a fall. They have a few very nice boating docks to launch from. The store has very minimal supplies - be ready to make sure you don't need anything, or you'll have to pay the toll to get across the bridge to get to the grocery store. There are no grocery stores on the island. There is no gas stations on the island currently and there is one being remodelled. Hopefully, it'll be ready next year. It was a nice stay, but it was not as epic as we had hoped to be (and it had been hyped to be). It really isn't our go to for the future.

    The place is a gorgeous place!!! The spots get reserved fast…read more Some spots have cellular services for Canada and USA. Keep in your mind when you come up to the park for camping. It is easy to find the place and some sites have some leaves or branches covered which is you need to look carefully. I gave this park 5 stars for amazing nature and location. 4 stars for bathroom because limited showers per bathroom sites even though we have a lot of sites. They have washing station next to the bathroom sites which are great and get 5 stars for this! We all need some place to wash our stuff from cooking. 5 stars for grill station that they are in great condition which is I did not expect that! Bring a lot of bug sprays because they have more insects that you don't see that often in area where you normally live. Overall staying there for camping is a wonderful place and definitely family friendly!!

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