Rogers Hill Trail

From the Nova Scotia Hiking Trail Guide

• Guide category: Trekking
• Length: 8.2 km (one-way)
• Difficulty: 2C
• Duration: 3 hours
• Book trailhead: N45 37.030 W62 48.726

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Linear segment along the Cape to Cape footpath trail system. a.k.a Rogers Hill

Starting at the Durham Bridge, the Cape to Cape trail markers guide your walk along the various property lines, woodlots, and agricultural fields. Things get interesting as you get closer to Scotsburn. There’s a water crossing (don’t worry, there’s a footbridge) that leads you up onto the Jitney rails to trails segment. The hike ends in Scotsburn at the remains of an abandoned train station. There’s an old platform and a bit of forgotten rail. Watch this trail on YouTube

Trip Summary

In this video, we join in a guided historical hike along Rogers Hill trail. This 8km segment is part of the Cape to Cape Footpath, where the trail will run from Cape Chignecto to Cape George, across mainland Nova Scotia. This segment started at Durham and finished at Scotsburn. The footpath is only about 4 years old, so many sections are not well worn so you have to rely on the trail markers. Also since the project had to ask permission from private land owners, some segments veer 90 degrees around a plot of land ; usually meaning that permission was not granted. This is a one way trip, so arrange transportation once you arrive at either Scotsburn or Durham. Durham was in the late 1700’s the commercial centre of the area, due to the west river and the logging required for the ship building trade during the early 19th century. Rogers Hills is names after John Rogers, one of the first immigrants that landed in Pictou county on the Betsy ship. You can learn more about the trail from the Cape to Cape website. And you can download the GPS track file to load onto your GPS