Cycling.
The Waterfront Pathway carries 8 km of paved cycling along Kingston's Lake Ontario shoreline through downtown, and Kingston is a documented community on the Great Lakes Waterfront Trail. North of downtown, the K&P Trail runs 22 km in two segments inside the city before continuing the abandoned Kingston & Pembroke corridor 180 km north to Renfrew and intersecting the Cataraqui Trail at Harrowsmith for 81 km east to Smiths Falls.
The brief.
The Waterfront Pathway is non-motorized only and almost entirely flat, which makes it the easiest entry point to cycling Kingston. The K&P Trail's 22 km Kingston segment combines off-road and short on-road sections and is mostly paved 3 m wide, except for the on-road sections at Division Street, River Street, and John Counter Boulevard.
Together the K&P, the Cataraqui Trail, and the Tay-Havelock Trail form the Trans Canada Trail through Frontenac County — making Kingston a southern anchor for long-distance cross-county cycling. Best season is May through October; the Waterfront Pathway and downtown segments stay accessible into shoulder season.
3. places.
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Waterfront Pathway / Great Lakes Waterfront Trail Kingston segment
8 km along the Lake Ontario shoreline through downtown; part of the Great Lakes Waterfront Trail's Kingston community node.
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K&P Trail — Kingston city portion
22 km in two segments inside the City of Kingston; 180 km total to Renfrew via Frontenac County and the Cataraqui Trail link at Harrowsmith.
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Cataraqui Trail (Strathcona–Smiths Falls)
81 km from Strathcona (north of Kingston) to Smiths Falls; abandoned CN Napanee–Smiths Falls subdivision; multi-use cycling.
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Today's read.
Cool but comfortable for layered effort · light winds.
