Far places

Places where trains and walking could be inconvenient. Going in each direction, places are ordered from close to far.

• Many bikeable places connect to the Capital Pathway, the network of scenic bike routes.
• Many hiking areas further out in the city are part of the Greenbelt.

Legend#

• 🥾 hike
• 🚲 nice to bike through
• ✨ I've never been there

Going west#

by bike

• Chief William Commanda Bridge 🚲 — old pumphouse ruins nearby
• Carlington Park 🥾 — Former ski hill with a cool cash-only food truck nearby
• Mud Lake conservation area 🥾 — Swamp where the animals don't fear humans
• IKEA

by car

• Western Greenbelt (Stony Swamp sector) 🥾
  • Jack Pine (P9, P11)
  • Lime Kiln (P10)
  • Beaver Lake & Chipmunk (P8)
  • Sarsparilla (P7)
• South March Highlands Conservation Forest 🥾
• Diefenbunker cold war museum — really far west

Going east#

by bike

• Rockcliffe Park park 🥾🚲 — Rocky cliff and nature; US ambassador's residence is here
• NCC River House
• Caldwell-Carver conservation area 🥾
• Vanier Museopark 🥾
• Aviation and Space Museum

by car

• Eastern Greenbelt (Mer Bleue sector) 🥾
  • Mer Bleue (P21 for a long hike, P22 for short)
  • Dewberry (P23)
  • Trails 50 and 51 (P20)
• Petrie Island 🥾

Going south#

by bike

• Lansdowne 🚲 — scenic shop/events district ("secret" area: Brown's Inlet)
• Dow's Lake, Central Experimental Farm 🚲
• Fletcher Wildlife Garden, Arboretum 🥾
• House of TARG, Cicada Sound
• Hog's Back Park, Mooney's Bay 🥾🚲

by car

• McCarthy Woods 🥾
• Southern Greenbelt (Pinhey Forest sector) 🥾
  • Pinhey sand dunes (P15)
  • Pinhey Forest (P14)
• Chapman Mills conservation area 🥾✨

Gatineau (north)#

by bike

• Lac Leamy (and environs) 🥾🚲 — Central Gatineau (Poutine nearby: La Pataterie Hulloise)
• Voyageurs Pathway 🚲✨ — Western Gatineau

by car

• Gatineau Park 🥾 — Many, many trails on a large set of hills
• Chelsea, QC
• Wakefield, QC