Discover the Nature of Ontario

So here is the deal. I absolutely love to see new places. It doesn't have to be far enough to need to fly to. It just needs to be new. Also, I love nature. And living in Toronto, it’s sometimes hard to enjoy nature. You get into the lull of life and do what you do every day and forget to take the time out of your busy schedule to explore wilderness. In Canada, we are blessed with amazing sceneries and gorgeous landscape. It’s all waiting to be discovered by us.

Since we've reached out quota of yearly travel this year, I wanted to take some time over the weekends and such to explore Ontario, and more importantly, around the GTA. Places I can get to either by public transit or a short drive. I also wanted to make sure I was getting in touch with nature. So I limited my search to only areas of hiking and sightseeing. I came up with an amazing list. I was so excited about the prospects of new adventures, I just had to share it with the world. I will continue adding to this list as I keep at my research but I think this is a pretty good list to start with.

I might not get through them all but I am hoping, during however long time I remain in Toronto, I would like to get to a large number of these sites. I have already experienced some of these but added them to the list for completeness.

Please let me know if there are other gems around Toronto that can be explored and share your experiences with some of these that you have seen. The list is not organized in any fashion, although I did add all the Hamilton Falls under the same heading. 

Places in and around Toronto to explore

African Lion Safari: 1386 Cooper Road, Hamilton,  http://www.lionsafari.com/home

Balls Falls, Jordan,ON: http://ballsfalls.ca/

Black Creek Pioneer Village, Toronto: http://www.blackcreek.ca/

Bluffer’s Park/Beach: http://www.blogto.com/sports_play/2012/07/toronto_beaches_bluffers_park/

Forks of the Credit Provincial Park: http://www.thehillsofheadwaters.com/forks-of-the-credit-provincial-park-2/

Kortright Centre for Conservation, Maple, ON: http://kortright.org/

Warsaw Caves, Peterborough : http://www.warsawcaves.com/

Toronto Centre Island: http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=34e9dada600f0410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD

Riverdale Farms: http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=a4f8dada600f0410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD

Tobermory: http://tobermory.com/

Bruce Trails, tobermory: http://brucetrail.org/

Trails around Toronto: http://www.blogto.com/sports_play/2012/06/hiking_trails_in_and_around_toronto/

Morningside trail (ellesmere and morningside): http://www.ontariotrails.on.ca/trails/view/morningside-park-trail

Rouge Park- Cedar Trail (Meadowvale and Old-Finch): http://www.ontariotrails.on.ca/trails/view/rouge-park---cedar-trail

Falls in Hamilton:

Webster Falls, http://cityofwaterfalls.ca/websters_falls.html

Baby Websters Falls: http://cityofwaterfalls.ca/baby_websters_falls.html

Albion Falls, http://cityofwaterfalls.ca/albionfalls.html

Ancaster Heights Falls: http://cityofwaterfalls.ca/ancaster_heights_falls.html

Billy Green Falls: http://cityofwaterfalls.ca/billy_green_falls.html

Borers Falls (& Lower Borers Falls): http://cityofwaterfalls.ca/borers_falls.htm

Buttermilk Falls (close to Albion Falls): http://cityofwaterfalls.ca/buttermilk_falls.html

Chedoke Falls (& Lower Chedole Falls): http://cityofwaterfalls.ca/chedoke_falls.html

Cliffview Falls, near chedoke): http://cityofwaterfalls.ca/cliffview_falls.html

Devil’s Punchbowl (& Lower Punch bowl): http://cityofwaterfalls.ca/devil_punchbowl.html

Darnley Cascade: http://cityofwaterfalls.ca/darnley_cascade.html

Felkers Fall: http://cityofwaterfalls.ca/felkers_falls.html

Great Falls: http://cityofwaterfalls.ca/great_falls.html

Hunter Falls: http://cityofwaterfalls.ca/hunter_falls.html

Upper & Lower Mills Falls: http://cityofwaterfalls.ca/lower_mill_falls.html

Upper & Lower Princess Falls: http://cityofwaterfalls.ca/lower_princess_falls.html

Upper, Middle & Lower Sydenham Falls:  http://cityofwaterfalls.ca/middle_sydenham_falls.html

Progreston Falls: http://cityofwaterfalls.ca/progreston_falls.html

Sherman Falls: http://cityofwaterfalls.ca/sherman_falls.html

Spring Falls: http://cityofwaterfalls.ca/spring_falls.html

Stephanie Falls: http://cityofwaterfalls.ca/stephanie_falls.html

Sugar Shack falls: http://cityofwaterfalls.ca/Sugar_Shack_Falls.html

Tiffany Falls: http://cityofwaterfalls.ca/tiffany_falls.html

Tews Falls (& Lower Tews Falls): http://cityofwaterfalls.ca/tews_falls.html