Hiking.
Petroglyphs Provincial Park's day-use loops and Marsh Trail circle the Learning Place visitor centre and the Teaching Rocks enclosure on a mixedwood plateau east of Woodview — the township's most accessible hiking. North and west of Apsley, Kawartha Highlands' Long Lake, Anstruther Lake, and Wolf Lake parking areas open short walk-in and portage trails into the interior canoe-route network.
The brief.
Most of Kawartha Highlands is paddle-in country — the access trails from Long, Anstruther, and Wolf are short connectors into the portage system rather than a destination trail network. For day-walking inside the park, plan around the access-point parking lots and pick a portage chain to walk in and back out.
Petroglyphs is a more conventional day-hike experience: drive-in parking, marked loops, no portage. The McFadden Park trail in Apsley is the village-scale option.
Standard provincial-park day-use fees apply at Petroglyphs and at the staffed-season Kawartha Highlands access points; backcountry permits are not required for day use of Kawartha Highlands access trails. Late May through Thanksgiving is the standard window.
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Petroglyphs Provincial Park day-trails
Marsh Trail and other day-use loops surrounding the Learning Place visitor centre and the Teaching Rocks enclosure.
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Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park access trails
Short walk-in and portage trails from Long Lake, Anstruther Lake, and Wolf Lake parking areas into the interior.
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McFadden Park trail (Apsley)
Village-scale walking trail through McFadden Park.
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Today's read.
Cool but comfortable for layered effort · light winds.
