Jordan Wine Tour

Saturday October 17

Hike Leader: Howard Gibson

Going longer distances for challenging hikes is fun. When we do it on Saturday, we have more time to wander around the site and linger at the restaurant, afterwards.

This time, we are headed for the Niagara Peninsula to hike the Bruce Trail through wine country. If you have a Bruce Trail guide, look at Map 4.

Directions

The hike starts from the town of Jordan.

From Yonge and York Mills, get to the QEW westbound. Highways 401 and 403 should do it.
Keep to the left and continue on the QEW past the exit to Highway 403, across the Burlington Skyway.
Continue on past Hamilton.
Look for Victoria Avenue. This is the next exit after Ontario Street.
Go south on Victoria Avenue to the town of Vineland.
Turn left, east on King Street (Country Road 81). There is a traffic light at the intersection.
You are driving towards the town of Jordan. You are looking for the Jordan Inn and Tavern on the left, north side.
You have reached an intersection of four streets. On your left is the Jordan House Tavern with a street on either side of it. Take 19th Street, and look for a parking lot on your left.
Park!

The parking lot extends from 19th Street to Main Street. On the opposite side of Main Street, you should see the Cave Springs winery. This is a winery hike!

We will try to start the hike at 11:45am. Let's hope it does not rain this time.

Remarks

We will be hiking up the Twenty Mile river trail to Balls Falls. All of this is less than twenty miles. :) If the group is up for it, we will continue out to Vineland Winery. Then, we will hike back for dinner at one of the restaurants in Jordan. The Jordan House Tavern is a very likely destination.

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This hike will be level 2 with some serious hills and stairclimbs. We will try for some decent kilometers, so you need to be in shape. It is Saturday. We can get home late.

Go back to the schedule page.