Fat Tire Frenzy

We love mountain biking! So we’ve transformed four forest tracts into rollicking, singletrack trail parks. Each is distinctly different, uniquely handcrafted, and loads of fun. We’ve also put together a mountain bike-specific web site with maps and trail updates – www.mtbthebruce.com.

We’re proud of our trail parks, and you can look forward to continued trail development over the years. For sheer cruising, Bruce County also has a selection of rail trails that beeline through picturesque countryside. Moreover, MacGregor Point Provincial Park welcomes off-road riding on its easy trails.

Off-road Riding Real Estate

Singletrack

•    Bruce Peninsula Mountain Bike Adventure Park – This park is undergoing major renovations and will be reopened in the summer of 2010. Located 10 km north of Wiarton on Bruce Rd 9.

•    Brant Tract – The way is smooth, without root or rock obstacles, and the grade is easy, never more than 15-degrees up or down. Ideal for families and beginning mountain bikers, the Brant features 30 km of entry-level singletrack, all well-marked and mapped. Trails roam different pockets of forest and traverse down slopes to numerous stream crossings. There’s a picnic area and outhouse on-site. Located 8 km south of Paisley on Concession 12, east of Bruce Rd 3.

•    Carrick Tract – Located at the bottom end of Bruce County, the Carrick Tract’s 8 km network provides a fun place to pop into for a few laps. Fast and swoopy, the singletrack trails flow with banked corners, into hollows, up hills and across slopes, all on the big belly of a forested moraine. Located 8 km northwest of Clifford on Huron Bruce Line. 

•    Lindsay Tract – Halfway up the Bruce Peninsula, our newest trail park offers 8 km of singletrack through forest, past lakes and over substantial rock outcroppings. Loops are fast and sweeping, but you’ll want to save your thighs for the climbs. From Highway 6 all the way to Lake Huron, this huge, 6500-acre property has only just been tapped; riding fans can look forward to continued development for a number of years. Built to our standard, this tract too is well signed with maps at intersections, and it has a outhouse beside the parking lot. [Located on Highway 6, 5 km south of Miller Lake.

Rail Trails

•    Saugeen Rail Trail – Stretching between Southampton and Port Elgin, the 11-km-long Saugeen Rail Trail runs parallel to Lake Huron linking one great beach destination to another. Cyclists can eat fries at one end, ice cream at the other, swim at both and make a loop of it following shore roads on return. In Southampton, access is off South Street (at the south end of town) just west of Highway 21. In Port Elgin, access is at River Street (a few blocks north of town) east of Highway 21.

•    Georgian Bluffs Trail – From Owen Sound to Park Head, this 17-km-long rail-trail crawls up the Niagara Escarpment with views of Georgian Bay. In Owen Sound the trail is accessible at Range Road.

•    Bruce County Rail Trail – About 80 km in length, it runs from Mildmay north to Port Elgin then south to Bruce Rd 33 near Inverhuron. It’s still under construction, but most of the line is signed and gated at intersections. Sections in Paisley and Walkerton have been resurfaced with stonedust, while the majority is a mix of dirt and aggregate that’s easily rideable nonetheless.

Parks

•    MacGregor Point Provincial Park – On the shore of Lake Huron south of Port Elgin, this provincial park offers families who cycle a well-rounded park experience. With 15 km of easy trails, parents and kids can pedal from their campsite through woods and wetland to an observation tower, then along the lakeshore to sandy coves and a playground.

•    Inverhuron Bike Park – Site of a former gravel pit, this fat-tire playground features dirt jumps, a skills park and technical trails. Located at the end of Richards Drive in Inverhuron.