Here is a list of some trails that I know of in Guelph.
If you know of any more please e-mail me. Thanks.
Name | Guelph Lake Conservation Area - run by Guelph Off Road Bicycling Association (GORBA) |
Location | starts on Victoria Road North at the end of the Speed River Trail |
Terrain | the main path is mostly stone but the side paths are dirt |
Length | 30-60 min |
Difficulty | take the single path side trails if you want a more difficult ride, just make sure it is a real trail first! |
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Location | Between Arkell and Stone Rd. close to the river |
Terrain | Hills, rock, open and closed forest, a pond with a dam with leads to another trail |
Length | 30 min |
Difficulty | Average, more difficult if you ride faster through the forest |
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Name | Downtown Trail |
Location | Along Speed River from York to Speedvale |
Terrain | Gravel / Crushed stone, but I am not sure if it is completed |
Length | 0.75km in Heritage Park, 3.6km total proposed trail length |
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Map | Open the map (need Adobe Reader) |
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Name | Eramosa River Trail |
Location | Connects at the Downtown Trail (the Covered Bridge) and follows the Eramosa River to Victoria or you can continue until you get to Stone Road across from the Barber Scout Camp |
Terrain | Crushed stone, in and around forest |
Length | 4.1 km total length, 2.3 km from the Covered Bridge to Victoria Road, 1.8 km from Victoria Road to Stone Road (across from the Barber Scout Camp) |
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Map | Open the map (need Adobe Reader) |
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Name | Silvercreek Trail |
Location | Connects the Downtown Trail (at Gordon Street, the Covered Bridge) to the Hanlon Creek Trail |
Terrain | Crushed stone |
Length | 4.9 km |
Difficulty | Average |
Map | Open the map (need Adobe Reader) |
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Name | Hanlon Creek Trail |
Location | Connects from the Silvercreek trail to Preservation Park |
Terrain | Crushed stone, some of the park between Stone Rd. and Kortright is paved |
Length | 3.1 km total length, |
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Map | Open the map (need Adobe Reader) |
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Name | Speed River Trail |
Location | Connects from the Downtown trail to a trail which leads to Guelph Lake |
Terrain | Riverside Park is crushed stone, but after that the trail is in the forest |
Length | 3.4 km total length |
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Map | Open the map (need Adobe Reader) |
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Name | CNR Spur Line Trail |
Location | Off of the Incomplete Downtown Trail, travels trough Exhibition Park |
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Length | 1.6 km total length, |
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Map | Open the map (need Adobe Reader) |
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