The Don River
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
2 reviews for The Don River
2 reviews in English
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Review from Andre G.
Toronto, ON
7/3/2009
The Don Valley park system, trails, and surrounding pockets of nature might be one of my top 5 places in Toronto. Within a few minutes of downtown, in the middle of Canada's largest city you can literally find yourself deep inside of a real forest setting.
The trail system is very well maintained and used for a variety of purposes from dog walking, hiking, mountain biking, etc. It's been estimated that there are nearly 100km of trail system within the Don Valley if you include all of the trails that connect in the surrounding area. To start exploring most people will begin at The Brickworks, the Pottery Road trailhead, or the large parking lot at Taylor Creek.
You can explore the Don year round. Fall is probably the best time, but you do need to be careful if it's the rainy season as the clay based trails get very muddy and very sticky.
Enjoy real nature in your urban backyard. -
Review from Mike S.
Toronto, ON
3/16/2011 12 Check-ins Here
This path is pretty great. It doesn't have anywhere near the volume of the Waterfront trail.
Like other paths in Toronto I don't like the signage for areas where you have to make a connection out on to the street. There should be maps where the path forks (especially up near Don Mills / DVP).
I generally start out at the bottom near Lakeshore and DVP or I enter from Riverdale Park. There's a killer drop at Riverdale where you enter the baseball diamond. It's pretty fun except when it's damp.
There's sometimes flooding on the path in Taylor Creek Park. Some areas also don't thaw out until well into late May or even June.
