City: St. Catharines
Top Things to do in St. Catharines
Things to do in St. Catharines, Canada: The Best Hiking Trails
St. Catharines is the largest city in Canada's Niagara Region and the sixth largest urban area in Ontario, with 96.13 square kilometres (37.1 sq mi) of land and 133,113 residents in 2016. It lies in Southern Ontario, 51 kilometres (32 mi) south of Toronto across Lake Ontario, and is 19 kilometres (12 mi) inland from the international boundary with the United States along the Niagara River. It is the northern entrance of the Welland Canal. Residents of St. Catharines are known as St. Cathariners. St. Catharines carries the official nickname "The Garden City" due to its 1,000 acres (4 km) of parks, gardens and trails.
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1. George Nicholson Memorial Trail
2. Port Dalhousie Harbour Walkway Waterfront Trail
3. Mountain Locks Park
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 3 reviews
Reviewed By robbygc - Toronto, Canada
I was researching for a trail that would be interesting. I found this Mountain Locks Park. It was amazing. This park follows the second Welland Canal. Sometimes we could see the locks quite well and we saw several waterfalls. Which made my day. Other times we were just walking. At one time we went inside the forest. We saw many huge stones that were used during the Welland Canal. Those stones who were not in water, had lots of graffiti. We had a great exercise and at the same time we found the second Welland Canal. That was worthwhile. A must see!
4. Burgoyne Woods Park
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 25 reviews
Reviewed By daviddG8925YX - St. Catharines, Canada
Burgoyne Woods is a large park with lots of opportunities to explore, including passive open space, trails, leash-free dog park, playground, tennis courts and picnic areas.
5. Centennial Gardens
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 12 reviews
Reviewed By Candonjan - St. Catharines, Canada
This wonderful downtown park fell on hard times a few years ago, largely ignored by the City, and gained a reputation as a somewhat dangerous place at night. That was then; this is now. This is a great walk through mature woods, along the first Welland Canal (some of the original wood buttresses are still visible) complete with rapids, blue herons and bridges. The frisbee golf club has helped make the area into a great multi-use park with a broad main walkway and narrower trails through the woods. The park also features a genuine Kwakiutl totem pole brought all the way from BC and erected during Canada's Centennial year. Give this place another chance.
