Acadian Trail
Regions: Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Cabot Trail
Community: Chéticamp
Climb 365 metres above the Chéticamp River for panoramic views of the Acadian coastline, the Chéticamp river valley and the park’s h...
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Hiking in Cape Breton Highlands National Park
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Skyline Trail
Regions: Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Cabot Trail
Community: Cape Breton Highlands NP
A dramatic headland cliff overlooks the rugged coast from the end of this level trail. You can enjoy an eagle’s view of the Cabot Tra...
Aspy Trail
Regions: Cabot Trail, Cape Breton Highlands National Park
Community: Cape Breton Highlands NP
This trail meanders along the Aspy fault, through an Acadian and mixed forest. As nature reclaims land once used for farming and logging, a ...
Beulach Ban Falls
Regions: Cabot Trail, Cape Breton Highlands National Park
Community: Aspy Bay
Watch the waterfalls in the Aspy Valley below you as the river winds its way to the Atlantic. The name “Beulach Ban” is Gaelic, ...
Bog Trail
Regions: Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Cabot Trail
Community: Cape Breton Highlands NP
In keeping with Parks Canada’s mandate to protect the natural environment, a boardwalk keeps your feet dry as you walk while preventin...
Clyburn Trail
Regions: Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Cabot Trail
Community: Ingonish Centre
Hikers will marvel at the spectacular stands of hardwood trees, boulders bigger than cars, old abandoned beaver ponds, meadows, apple trees ...
Corney Brook Trail
Regions: Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Cabot Trail
Community: Chéticamp
Follow a meandering brook through a hardwood forest to a small waterfall that marks the end of the trail. You are actually in a box river ca...
Fishing Cove Trail
Regions: Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Cabot Trail
Community: Cape Breton Highlands NP
You are 355 metres (1165 feet) above sea level! Hike from the top of the mountain about 6 kilometres down to a small ocean cove and grassy c...
Jack Pine Trail
Regions: Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Cabot Trail
Community: Cape Breton Highlands NP
This scenic trail overlooks the Atlantic coastline and winds through a post-fire jack pine stand. This pocket of jack pine is significant be...
Jigging Cove Trail
Regions: Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Cabot Trail
Community: Cape Breton Highlands NP
Birders and other nature lovers will enjoy the varied wildlife on this short relaxing trail, following the shoreline of a small man-made lak...
Le vieux chemin du Cap-Rouge Trail
Regions: Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Cabot Trail
Community: Cape Breton Highlands NP
Follow the route of the old Cabot Trail from Trout Brook as it gently climbs to a ridge midway up Jerome Mountain, offering views of the Atl...
Lone Shieling Trail
Regions: Cabot Trail, Cape Breton Highlands National Park
Community: Cape Breton Highlands NP
Dominated by 350-year-old sugar maple trees, the Grande Anse Valley is one of the largest old-growth hardwood forests in the Maritimes. As o...
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