We love this place so much! We have been coming here to hike for years and last year, we finally decided to enroll my then 8 year old in their full day summer camp. I can't say enough great things about the staff and the counselors here. The summer camps are run 100% outdoors (unless it rains and they move the kids inside) with incredible 2 counselors to 4 kids per cohort ratio. On non rainy days, kids get to sit outside on a carpet under the tent for various activities and crafting. Each week is themed (insects, aquatic species...etc) and the kids learn about the ecosystem surrounding the Rouge Valley which is a great way to spend a day for a kid. We'll continue to support this wonderful center and hope more people learn about them as well! read more

Rouge Valley Conservation Centre - Fun day at the Rouge Valley conservation center summer camp! - Hiking Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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Take this route and you won't be disappointed https://www.alltrails.com/explore/recording/rouge-valley-loop-via-vista-trail-34f5297--2?p=-1 Parked off of Zoo rd. Took the Vista Trail and then hopped over a road and onto the Mast trail. Nice grassy, earthy trails. Open year-round AFAIK. Bring a headlamp and you can go hiking in the fall evenings. Heck, maybe even in winter. Great workout, decent elevation variation and beautiful vista views. read more

Rouge Valley Conservation Centre - Happy trails - Hiking Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

It is one of the conservation parks that stretch from Toronto all the way to Markham. A beautiful river passes through the valley and it is a spectacle during summer and rainy days and during winter with its splendor. Seeing is believing and one should make it a point to visit during winter and summer. You have trails running through the area for people to go about this area. You have a good parking lot. There is deer and other wildlife that are seen quit often. Beware of Ticks. Try to stay out of the heavy brush. Also, this is one of the few places still open that you can enjoy during COVID 19. read more

Rouge Valley Conservation Centre - Beautiful river. - Hiking Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Gord and I headed over to Rouge Park in Scarborough this afternoon to hike through some of the trails ... we'd never been there before. We parked in the Twyn Rivers Drive lot. We headed north and followed the Orchard Trail, a 2km trail one way. We left the main trail and followed Little Rouge Creek for the first while ... then went back and forth following the main trail and then back along the creek. It was 30C (38C with the humidity) and sunny. I stood in the creek expecting to cool off but the water was surprisingly warm. We had to walk about 0.5km west along the paved road, which crossed over Little Rouge Creek, to get to another trail. The start of the Vista Trail, a 1.5 km that would take us back to our car, was at a building which is part of the park. Alas, it was locked up ... too bad they didn't have a hose or an outdoor fountain so we could refill our water bottles. Great views from the Vista Trail Viewing Platform, the one we'd seen off in the distance. This trail ends at the road, about a ten minutes walk to the parking lot. To get off the busy road, we jumped back on a trail as soon as we could that would get us to the parking lot. Great spot for a hike! We were gone for over two hours. Next time, we'll bring a lot more water! read more

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This is a nice and quiet place to go hiking without having to drive too far out of the city. I love hiking in the fall. All the leaves are changing colours, so beautiful read more

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Went there last week with my friend for a hike. Scenery was beautiful, trails weren't crowded at all and saw some cool wildlife as well! Only issue was park trail map was hard to locate and trails aren't consistently marked. (Great for people who don't mind getting a little lost) Overall had a great time and it's a great place to hike with friends and families. Saw some exciting bike routes and cute dogs as well. read more

Rouge Valley Conservation Centre - Light sparkles. Love the trails! - Hiking Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

As a formerly avid hiker, one of the things I was bummed about when I moved back to Toronto was the lack of any good hiking in the GTA. I was complaining about it to a co-worker to which he replied "What? ever heard of Rouge River??", to which I replied "No". Anyway, its apparently the largest urban park in North America (whatever the hell that means) and If you look on a map its quite a large green patch relative to any other parks in the area. The hike there is nice..for Toronto area. There are 4 trails. The website says the longest one is 4.5 hours but i don't think they take much more than 2.5 even if you are slow. As far as the views go, you get some decent views of the river from a couple of vistas, and you get riverside in various places. The terrain is mixed from hilly to slightly jagged trails, but there's some fairly wide open paths too. Seeing as how i'm spoiled by real mountainous hiking from living in california for years, I can only be so impressed with this hike, but its definitely worth checking out. Only real option in the GTA as far as I know. read more

My fiance and I had a really great time on the trail today, and it's so close to home! It was definitely a hidden gem, and thanks Martin S. from this thread! http://www.yelp.ca/topic/toronto-somewhere-special We started at the North Trailhead, on Meadowvale, north of Old Finch Road (see map : http://www.rougepark.com/explore/adventures/cedar.php) We decided to follow a series of 6 Geocaches (http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=7159f54c-f4af-4f4e-8468-cb4391b457f7), among some other ones, that lead us off the main path to a secondary trail. You'll see them vividly, as they branch off, and with minimal bushwacking, they actually do go somewhere, most times. At some point we did get off track, and all you need to do is find the main trail again (some times at a steep climb, but doable) The first 5 in the series give you coordinates until you find the 6th one. During our hike we also encountered some of the other ones, that led us to this man made marshland near the South Trail Head, just walk north a little, and you'll see signs. It was fun to see the wildlife, but you also share the trail with some geese that like to poop, be careful! The main trail was kind of quick and boring to be honest, and glad that we only took this route back (2.5km was an easy walk on an easy terrain). After the hike we went to the Walmart for ice cream. Yum. P.S. I left some Yelp Elite pins and "You've Been Yelped" cards in some of these caches. woohoo! read more