The 6 Best Things to do in Pippy Park, Newfoundland

Children and adults alike will enjoy this enchanted woodland walk. Visit a series of whimsical fairy, elf and gnome doors scattered along a picturesque nature trail. There will be opportunities for wishmaking, leave a letter in the fairy mailbox, gather firewood for a grump gnome and more. Weather permitting a fairy storytime will conclude this enchanted adventure. Treasure bags provided (for leaving gifts for the Fairies).

The Grand Concourse is an award-winning, integrated system of walkways that links waterways, parks, and scenic attractions into a pedestrian network throughout the Northeast Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland. It is a "Walker's Paradise" that spans more than 160 km from Signal Hill in St. John's, through Mount Pearl, to Octagon Pond in Paradise. The network is currently expanding into the Towns of Conception Bay South, Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, and Torbay. The walkways are well maintained with directional signage along the way. Many walks are wheel-chair accessible and several accommodate cycling and seasonal cross-country skiing.

MUN Botanical Garden is the province's only botanical garden and consists of 44 hectares of cultivated gardens and nature trails, surrounding beautiful Oxen Pond. The trails and flower gardens are open daily, May - November. The Garden was established in 1971 as a center for botanical, horticultural and environmental research and education, and has been developed to display plants native to the province, cultivated plants suitable to the local climate and to provide access to a native habitats through a system of hiking trails. Recognized for advancing and enriching sustainable relationships among people, plants and the environment, the Garden seeks to foster an appreciation of Newfoundland's natural history in the development and future of the university and the province. The Botanical Garden is located at 306 Mount Scio Road, just minutes from downtown St. John's and north of the main Memorial University of Newfoundland campus. It is located within Pippy Park.

Camping in the great outdoors in the heart of the City! No wonder the Pippy Park Campgrounds and Trailer Park is so popular with both visitors and locals.Open May through October, we offer 216 sites: fulland unserviced sites are on private treed lots; additional full-service sites are located in an open meadow setting.The campgrounds are located on Nagles Place, minutes away from the Trans Canada Highway; take exit 46 and follow the signs. We strongly recommend making reservations during the months of July and AugustA few steps from your RV or tent there’s a host of activities and sights awaiting including the Fluvarium, mini golf, the MUN Botanical Gardens and playgrounds. Interested in bird watching or stretching your legs? Pippy Park has miles of trails to explore.