Hemlock Ravine Park

From the Nova Scotia Hiking Trail Guide

• Guide category: Loop Trails
• Length: 2.6 km (return)
• Difficulty: 2B
• Duration: 1 hour
• Book trailhead: N44 41.309 W63 39.815

Litter ReceptaclePets on leash / Dog friendlyStay on trailTrailheadSnow-shoeingTransit access

Urban green space with and interesting historical backstory.

Hemlock Ravine Park is a popular 200-acre urban park along the Bedford Highway. A heart-shaped pond, built in 1869, greets you as enter the park from the main parking lot. The park has eight well-groomed trail segments over rolling terrain. A combination of the segments are clearly marked off-leash for those with dogs. Expect to encounter deer in the deeper sections of the park. For transit users, take Bus Routes 80, 81, 82 or 90 .

Popular urban park with a hear shaped pond that contains several dog off-leash sections. Well groomed trails over rolling terrain. Expect to encoutner deer in deeper sections of the park.

Trail Location

• Starting waypoint: 44.688484, -63.663584 (open map)
• Location source: Trail waypoint from gpx_for_app index
• GPX file: HemlockRavinePark.gpx
• GPX track name: Hemlock Ravine Park

Recent Trail Notes

Recent trail-related items found during a five-year scan from July 12, 2021 through July 12, 2026. Verify access, closures, and conditions with the park, trail manager, or local association before heading out.

• 2026-05-29 – ‘We have every reason to suspect they will flourish’: Halifax, volunteers start treating hemlocks in Hemlock Ravine Park – Halifax Examiner (Halifax Examiner)
• 2024-05-14 – Saving the hemlocks of Hemlock Ravine Park – Halifax Examiner (Halifax Examiner)
• 2024-01-23 – As a developer tries to build next to Hemlock Ravine Park, let’s remember how an old woman worked alone in relative poverty because she couldn’t sell the same property – Halifax Examiner (Halifax Examiner)

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