Royal Botanical Gardens » Grindstone Marshes - Bridle Trail Loop
| Trail/Activity | Owner | Region | Activities | Length  |
Duration | Surface | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Grindstone Marshes - Bridle Trail Loop |
Royal Botanical Gardens |  |
3.1 km | 0.9 hours | Mixed |
Points of Interest
Trailhead Access
Trail Vista
Marsh View
Boardwalk View
Trail Junction
Boardwalk
Marsh View
Trail Bridge
Trail Junction
Marsh View
Trail View
Marsh View
Description: Short loop in the Hendrie Valley Trails.
Grindstone Creek originates above the Niagara Escarpment in Flamborough. It drains an area of 90 square kilometres making it one of the main tributaries discharging into the northwest-end of HamiltonHarbour . A 50-hectare marsh lies in HendrieValleywhere the lower portion of Grindstone Creek flows. This highly productive, shallow wetland, northeast of Cootes Paradise, provides crucial spawning, nursery and adult habitat for many native fish as well as food and shelter for a variety of birds, mammals, amphibians and insects.
Trailhead: Access from Spring Garden Road
