Here is a list of some trails that I know of in Guelph.
If you know of any more please e-mail
me. Thanks.
Here is a good Map of Guelph of all the streets and city facilities, you need Adobe Reader (a free download) to view the file.
This map shows how all the trails in Guelph are connected
| Name | Arboretum, University of Guelph |
| Location | The University has many good walking trails in the open with gardens and also in the forest. After a lot of rain the forest trails are really neat because the water can come up to and cover the wood planks that are built to walk trough some of the forest trails |
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| Length | ? there are a lot of trail in the Arboretum |
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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 which leads to another trail |
| Length | 60-30 min |
| Difficulty | Average, with a good climb/decent depending which way you go through the trail |
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| Name | Preservation Park |
| Location | At the new set of lights on Kortright Rd. between Scottsdale Rd. and Edinburgh Rd. |
| Terrain | Forest, some trails have lots of roots |
| Length | Many trails so it depends on how many trails you take so from 25 min. to 45 min. |
| Difficulty | Average |
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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 walking 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 |
| Terrain | |
| Length | 1.6 km total length, |
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| Map | Open the map (need Adobe Reader) |
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