(Keywords: Hiking - Ontario, CANADA)

Bruce Trail

Featuring
The Niagara Escarpment

Hiking the Foothills Trail in South Carolina The Bruce Trail stretches 850 km from Queenston Heights in the south to Tobermory in the North.

The trail follows the cliffs of the Niagara Escarpment, a greenway of natural beauty coursing through an otherwise developed region.

The promontory shown at left is on the Niagara Escarpment - roughly at latitude 45, longitude 81.

Use this GPS data to assist with your navigation. On the Bruce Trail there are numerous side trails and it is easy to get lost if you take a wrong turn. Even while on the trail you may lose sight of the blazes. In winter snow plastered trees can hide blazes and long stretches of monotonous scenery can lull you into misadventure, especially if you happened to be deep in conversation with fellow hikers :)

Click on the binoculars to see a demonstration of FUGAWI displaying a portion of the Toronto section of trail near Limestone Recreation Area. limehouse_fugawi.jpg (Approx.127 KB) opens in a new window.

GPS Map

Download the free GPS Map in GPS eXchange (.gpx) file format, which can be read and transferred to your GPS using free GPS software. (The .gpx file will appear in a new window where you can File > Save as... on your computer)

GPS Map Details

File Name Bruce_Trail2.gpx (48 KB), bruce.WPT(54 KB)
Revised: 18 May 2005
A combination of Class A and B Data
Waypoints: Over 400 indicated at significant points
Routes/Tracks (9):

BM = Blue Mountains
BV = Beaver Valley
C = Caledon Hills
D = Dufferin Hi-Land
I = Iroquoia
N = Niagara
P = Peninsula
S = Sydenham
T = Toronto

More Info

The official Bruce Trail Association Web Site

http://www.brucetrail.org

The Bruce Trail is designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO.ORG) as a World Biosphere Reserve. Visit the Niagara Escarpment Commission (NEC) website at: