Category: Tuesday Hike

Hike: Lakeside Park, Kitchener
Tuesday, February 6, 2024 

Theresa Markus, who knows the area well, will co-lead this hike.

Time: 10:00 am
Hike Location:
FreshCo Parking Lot, 720 Westmount Road, (Westmount & Ottawa).
Park near Westmount Rd. You’ll see a Dairy Queen in the strip mall.

Duration:  An out-and-back 2 hour hike on a wide paved trail. You may turn back at any time. Come join us!

Notes:
Lakeside Park is a natural park in the heart of the city. It features a large pond, called Shoemaker Pond, as well as Turtle Beach, created to provide a nesting habitat.

Register-Contact:
 Email Bett Fitzpatrick, bettfitzpatrick@gmail.com, or text 519-208-3408 if you plan to join us. 
Please add cell # to your phone contacts in case of delays or last-
minute cancellations.

If it is necessary to cancel this walk, look for an email between 7:00 and 8:00a.m. the day of the hike.

Bett Fitzpatrick

 

 

Hike: Lakeside Park, Kitchener
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 

Theresa Markus, who knows the area well, will co-lead this hike.

Time: 10:00 am
Hike Location:
FreshCo Parking Lot, 720 Westmount Road, (Westmount & Ottawa).
Park near Westmount Rd. You’ll see a Dairy Queen in the strip mall.

Duration:  An out-and-back 2 hour hike on a wide paved trail. You may turn back at any time. Come join us!

Notes:
Lakeside Park is a natural park in the heart of the city. It features a large pond, called
Shoemaker Pond, as well as Turtle Beach, created to provide a nesting habitat.

Register-Contact:
 Email Bett Fitzpatrick, bettfitzpatrick@gmail.com, or text 519-208-3408 if you plan to join us. 
Please add cell # to your phone contacts in case of delays or last-
minute cancellations.

If it is necessary to cancel this walk, look for an email between 7:00 and 8:00a.m. the day of the hike.

Bett Fitzpatrick

 

 

Hike: Huron Natural Area, Tuesday, January 2, 2024

(NOTE THE TIME CHANGE)

Time: 1:30 – 3:30pm 
Hike Location: Huron Natural Area, 801 Trillium Drive, Kitchener;
free parking; accessible washrooms

Duration: 1½ — 2 hours. You may turn back at any time.
Come join us!

Notes:
Huron Natural Area, one of the City’s largest natural spaces, is home to more than 250 acres of protected forest and wetland and has more than 7 km of trails.

Huron Natural Area has evidence of Indigenous settlement dating back hundreds of years.

Register-Contact:
 Email Bett Fitzpatrick, bettfitzpatrick@gmail.com, or text 519-208-3408 if you plan to join us. 
Please add cell # to your phone contacts in case of delays or last-
minute cancellations.

If it is necessary to cancel this walk, look for an email between 7:00 and 8:00a.m. the day of the hike.

Bett Fitzpatrick

 

 

OSSCC Hike: Bob McMullen Linear Trail
(Cambridge) Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Contact: Email Bett Fitzpatrick, bettfitzpatrick@gmail.com, or text 519-208-3408 if you plan to join Bett and the crew for an enjoyable late fall hike. Please add cell # to your phone contacts in the event of delays or last-minute cancellations.

Since I’m not sure how much interest/availability there is in this ‘so close to Christmas’ hike, please let me know by 5:00 Monday, Dec. 18, if you will join us! 

Time: 10:00 am

Hike Location:
Bob McMullen Linear Trail (Cambridge);
Parking: Preston Memorial Arena, 1458 Hamilton Street, Cambridge (intersection of Hamilton St. and Bishop St; N43.38766, W80.34844)

Duration:  1½ — 2 hours. You may turn back at any time

Notes:
The Speed River, a major tributary of the Grand, flows through Wellington County and the Region of Waterloo in southwestern Ontario. It flows south from its source near Orton, through Guelph, where it is joined by the Eramosa River, then through the towns of Hespeler and Preston, finally uniting with the Grand River in north-west Cambridge. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed River

The Grand River (a Canadian Heritage River) is the largest river that is entirely within southern Ontario’s boundaries. From its source near Wareham, Ontario, it flows south 280 kms through Grand Valley, Fergus, Elora, Waterloo, Kitchener, Cambridge, Paris, Brantford, Caledonia, and Cayuga before emptying into the north shore of Lake Erie south of Dunnville at Port Maitland. wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand River

Reminder: Register-Contact:
 Email Bett Fitzpatrick, bettfitzpatrick@gmail.com, or text 519-208-3408 if you plan to join us. 
Please add cell # to your phone contacts in case of delays or last-
minute cancellations.
If it is necessary to cancel this walk, look for an email between 7:30 and 8:30a.m. the day of the hike.

Bett Fitzpatrick

 

 

OSSCC Hike: Mill Race Trail (St. Jacobs)

Tuesday, December 12, 2023, plan to join Bett and the crew for an enjoyable late fall hike!

Time: 10:00 am
Hike Location:
Mill Race Trail, 33 Front Street, St. Jacobs. There may still be construction in the area, but the trail is accessible. Turn right into the parking lot next to Saliente Wood Designs (yellow building) and the Caboose (ice cream place in summer

Duration:
4 km out-and-back, approximately 1 ½ hours

Notes:
Come join us for this delightful, gentle walk on the Mill Race Trail, known locally as “Lovers Lane”!
The trail is an easy, level, stone-dust trail that parallels the mill race diversion of the Conestogo River from the old 1850s Snyder Mill (the first mill in St. Jacobs), upstream to the dam at Three Bridges Rd. west of the village.

There’s also the option for those who wish, on the return, to lengthen the hike by turning at the overhead railway trestle and adding on part of the Health Valley Trail.

Register-Contact:
 Email Bett Fitzpatrick, bettfitzpatrick@gmail.com, or text 519-208-3408 if you plan to join us. 
Please add cell # to your phone contacts in case of delays or last-
minute cancellations.
If it is necessary to cancel this walk, look for an email between 7:30 and 8:30a.m. the day of the hike.

Bett Fitzpatrick

 

 

**This hike was cancelled last week, it has been rescheduled to this week**

Plan to join Bett and the crew to hike the Walter Bean Grand River
Trail (also known as Woolner Trail) on the east side of Kitchener 

Time: 10:00 am
Hike Location:
 From Fairway Road North, take the roundabout first
exit onto Woolner Trail continuing on to the trail entrance on the left
at the K.D. Woerner Family Trailway parking lot.

Duration: 2 hours

Notes:
Walter Bean Trail is considered part of the larger Grand River Valley
Trail, a 250-kilometre route that runs along much of the length of the river. The trail follows the river through Cambridge, Kitchener, and Waterloo and is owned and maintained by these three cities.
The Grand Valley Trail is an adjacent narrow trail through the woods, that parallels the paved WB trail in places. It is shaded and pretty with excellent views of the river!

Register-Contact:
 Email Bett Fitzpatrick, bettfitzpatrick@gmail.com, or text 519-208-3408 if you plan to join us. 
Please add cell # to your phone contacts in case of delays or last-
minute cancellations.
If it is necessary to cancel this walk, look for an email between 7:30 and 8:30a.m. the day of the hike.

Bett Fitzpatrick

 

 

Plan to join Bett and the crew to hike the Walter Bean Grand River
Trail (also known as Woolner Trail) on the east side of Kitchener 

Time: 10:00 am
Hike Location:
 From Fairway Road North, take the roundabout first
exit onto Woolner Trail continuing on to the trail entrance on the left
at the K.D. Woerner Family Trailway parking lot.

Duration: 2 hours

Notes:
Walter Bean Trail is considered part of the larger Grand River Valley
Trail, a 250-kilometre route that runs along much of the length of the river. The trail follows the river through Cambridge, Kitchener, and Waterloo and is owned and maintained by these three cities.
The Grand Valley Trail is an adjacent narrow trail through the woods, that parallels the paved WB trail in places. It is shaded and pretty with excellent views of the river!

Register-Contact:
 Email Bett Fitzpatrick, bettfitzpatrick@gmail.com, or text 519-208-3408 if you plan to join us. 
Please add cell # to your phone contacts in case of delays or last-
minute cancellations.
If it is necessary to cancel this walk, look for an email between 7:30 and 8:30a.m. the day of the hike.

Bett Fitzpatrick

 

 

Plan to Hike with us at Rim Park, Waterloo, and bring a friend if you wish. 

Special Note:
Hikes will be offered the first and second Tuesday of each
month from November through March.
If there is a conflict with other club activities, you will be notified of the change.

Time: 10:00 am
Hike Location:
Rim Park, an accessible wide trail, with lots of benches,
and one of the few hikes with no hills!
We’ll meet at Rim Park parking lot 15 minutes before the start of the hike; I’ll provide directions to those contacting me.

Duration: 2 hours.
The complete hike is 2 to 2 ½ hours, allowing for rest
stops/water breaks along the way. However, you may turn back at any time

Register-Contact:
Email Bett Fitzpatrick, bettfitzpatrick@gmail.com, or
text 519-208-3408 if you plan to join us.
Please add cell # to your phone contacts in case of delays or last-minute cancellations.

 

Bett Fitzpatrick