Cycling Routes

"Northumberland is arguably the best region for cycling routes in Ontario," says Brian Hedney of the Ganaraska Freewheelers.  "We have rolling hills and a proliferation of quiet, undulating paved country roads with peaceful views of Lake Ontario and Rice Lake."

Try a more level trek on an abandoned rail line which comprises Northumberland County's portion of the Trans Canada Trail through Hastings and Campbellford alongside farm fields and wetlands. 

If you're initiating your cycling adventure in Toronto, you can be outfitted at Wheel Excitement Inc. thereafter taking Bike Train (VIA Rail) from Toronto's Union Station east to Cobourg or the GO Train to Oshawa linking up to the Waterfront Trail. Consider a 3 or 4 day getaway with 2 nights in Welcome Cyclists friendly Northumberland. Continue east to Prince Edward County then to Kingston. Take VIA Rail back to Toronto.

Are you looking for a cycling route package in our area? Bike On Tours will look after detailing and reserving everything for you. Their current offering is the Lake Ontario and Trent Canal 5 day, 295km package.

To round out your experience, there are 3 areas with forested trails for mountain biking.   

Visit the Welcome Cyclists Network website! They connect  cyclists to bicycle-friendly accommodations, places to eat, attractions and businesses in Ontario. The Welcome Cyclists Network has developed a set of standards and criteria to certify bicycle-friendly accommodations and to provide tourism product knowledge training to managers of hotels, inns, motels and bed & breakfasts, food service providers, attractions and other businesses of interest to cyclists. Click here to see Welcome Cyclists Network members in Northumberland County.