Pond Ridge:
Main Dock- Pond - Lake St. Patrick: A White Trail from the Main Dock to Pond, and then around lake St. Patrick to the Open.
Enter from Sandy Beach, the east or west side of the bottom of Riddell Bay or the Main Dock.
Rabbit Lake Ridge. (white, on the right)
Today's trail follows a very old logging trail as much as possible. Sculpture Park is directly on that old trail. In the little grove that approaches the park, smell the blueberries!
Enter from the bottom of Rosebrugh Bay, or by a blue trail from Pond Ridge trail
Big Island Trails
One east-west trail, marked in white, with two side trails, passes between the lakes.
One blue trail goes south to Lake Loudon. A second blue trail goes east to our big trees.
Enter at Portage or behind McMasters.
Loop Walks.
Most walks involve going to a place, and then a return by retracing steps. Now two loop walks are available.
One loop goes around Lake St. Patrick; the white trail goes all the way around.
Another loop walk goes to Sculpture Park from the Main Dock (white trail), down Rabbit Lake Ridge. This walk crosses from one white trail to another (using a blue trail) and then follows the white trail down Rabbit Lake ridge to the park. On returning, a blue trail is used to cross over to the Pond Ridge Trail.
Trail
Distances and Times
From |
To |
Distance (km) |
Time (minutes) |
Return (minutes) |
Big Island Portage |
Big Island Eastern Beach |
2.43 |
70 |
140 |
Main Dock |
Rabbit Lake North |
1.78 |
46 |
92 (Beaver Dam) |
Main Dock |
Pond |
2.33 |
60 |
120 |
Main Dock |
Castle Rock |
3.46 |
89 |
178 |
Main Dock |
Crooked Lake |
3.6 |
93 |
185 |
Main Dock |
Sandy Beach |
4.7 |
121 |
242 |
Main Dock |
Big Rock |
5.3 |
136 |
273 |
Main Dock |
Sculpture Park Loop |
7.1 |
|
183 (Beaver Dam) |
Rabbit Lake |
Sculpture Park |
1.2 |
31 |
62 |
Riddell Bay East |
Sculpture Park |
1.15 |
30 |
59 |
Riddell Bay East |
Castle Rock |
1.88 |
48 |
97 |
Riddell Bay West |
Pond |
0.9 |
23 |
46 |
Riddell Bay West |
Bench (L. St. Patrick) |
1.12 |
29 |
58 |
Sandy Beach |
Big Rock (Open Bay) |
0.84 |
22 |
43 |
Sandy Beach |
Bench (L. St. Patrick) |
0.9 |
23 |
46 |
Sandy Beach |
Pond |
2.5 |
64 |
129 |
Sandy Beach |
Stairway |
3.23 |
83 |
166 |
Sandy Beach |
Castle Rock |
4 |
103 |
206 |
Big Rock |
Big Rock Junction |
1 |
25 |
50 |