Nottawasaga Bluffs Conservation Area​​

Explore the Niagara Escarpment with a hike through the caves, hardwood and coniferous forests, and open meadows of the Nottawasaga Bluffs.

Recreational Visitors

This 400-acre conservation area offers a full day of exploration and adventure, with breathtaking vistas of the surrounding countryside and glimpses of the area's history. See where pioneers once toiled to cut a living out of the wilderness. Timber and limestone proved to be big businesses for this area, resulting in the establishment of nearby communities like Singhampton and Glen Huron.

Connect with the Bruce Trail as it makes its way through the property or venture down one of its side trails to catch a variety of unique features. Of particular note - the Key Hole Side Trail offers an other-worldly experience - you'll often find bits of snow in the trail's crevices into June. 

Hike the Ian Lang Memorial Trail and discover traces of an old stagecoach road and limestone kiln.

For the 2022 season, the Nottawasaga Bluffs Conservation Area will have an outhouse available onsite for visitors.

Please note there is NO overnight parking or camping permitted at the Nottawasaga Bluffs Conservation Area.

Note: The Nottawasaga Bluffs is a Natural Hazard Area. It contains fissures, crevices and cliffs, all of which are dangerous and may be hidden. Stay on the marked trail at all times.

Trails Map

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Download Tr​ails Maps for Nottawasaga Bluffs:

• Trails Map: PDF version
  
• Snowshoe Map: PDF version​

Parking Fees

• ​Daily Parking - $10.00 + HST per vehicle
  
• Annual Parking - $71.00  + HST ​per vehicle (valid for all NVCA-operated conservation areas)
  
• For payment options and details, see parking fees.

Your parking fee helps offset the cost of maintaining and improving NVCA conservation areas.

Please note there is NO overnight parking permitted at the Bluffs.

Operating Hours

• Dawn to dusk, daily
  

Getting there:

NOTE: Online mapping systems may try to send you along 15/16 Sdrd. Nottawasaga Concession 8. Don't go that way - instead come along from Rd. 124 from Singhampton (not Glen Huron) ​(see directions below). Your car will thank you!​

• ADDRESS: 8861 Nottawasaga 15/16 Sdrd., Clearview Township (map​)
  
• GPS: X-562916, Y-4910256
  
• DIRECTIONS: Travel south from Collingwood through Duntroon on Simcoe Road 124. Just before Singhampton, turn left on Mill Town Rd., then immediately left onto Ewing Rd. Follow Ewing to 17/18 Sdrd. and turn left. At the next stop sign at a T-intersection, turn left. Continue for 500 m and watch for the parking lot on your right​