Earl Rowe Provincial Park
Alliston, Adjala-Tosorontio
ON L9R 1V3
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The Resource Trail at Earl Rowe Provincial Park is one of 6 trails you can explore while visiting or camping at the park. The trail is 1.5 to 2 kilometres long (depending on whether you believe the park guide or the trail sign) and is a very easy, family friendly trail since it has no difficult areas to traverse. The trail is also suitable for biking.
Along the trail, you will find newer trail boards that will give you some useful information about the different plants and animals you might find at the park and along this particular trail. The trail starts off along the Boyne River and gives you a great view of shorebirds. Bring your binoculars so that you can see them up-close and try to identify them. When we walked the trail, we saw several birds, including kingfishers and geese.
Along the shores of the river you will see and hear a variety of birds. Keep your eyes open and don’t forget to use your binoculars!
At a certain point along the trail you will see that you are walking between the river and a wetland. The wetland is filled with sounds of frogs but there is no place to view them. With the stagnant marshy waters come lots of mosquitoes, so make sure you have properly prepared yourself with long sleeves, long pants, a hat, and/or insect repellent. For instance, by this point in our trip, we were using non-DEET bug spray, which seemed effective enough.
The trail then turns and takes you through a more mature hardwood forest. The forest floor is covered in beautiful ferns of all shapes and sizes.
The hardwood forest opens into a meadow which is covered in many beautiful wildflowers.
Hairy Vetch
Maya always enjoys hiking new trails and all sampling all the smells that come along with new places.
The trail then lead us into a coniferous forest area which quickly turns into the Meadowbrook campground.
The hike is pleasant and the diversity of habitats is very interesting in such a short trail. Definitely put your insect spray on and bring your binoculars. Early mornings and early evenings are great times to hike these kinds of trails because that is when animals of the forest are most active. It is also that time when mosquitoes are the most annoying.
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Maya the Nature Dog Visits Earl Rowe & Mono Cliffs Provincial Parks | Nature Lover says:
November 8, 2015 at 4:51 pm[…] first day she hiked the Resource Trail at Earl Rowe and the second day she conquered the fairly steep hike up to the ridge of the Lookout […]
Earl Rowe Provincial Park Review | Nature Lover says:
October 3, 2015 at 12:46 pm[…] Resource Trail • Starts at the Greenbush Picnic area • Experience a variety of wetlands and a hardwood forest • Part of the trail goes through the Meadowbrook Campground • 1.5 km. […]