Short Hills Provincial Park
Pelham, Ontario
Canoe, Cross Country Ski, Hike, Horseback, and Mountain Bike
Short Hills Provincial Park is the largest park in the Niagara Region. It's part of an environmentally significant area known as the Fonthill Kame Moraine. A kame is an irregular hill of sand, gravel and silt which accumulates in a depression on a retreating glacier, and is then deposited on the land surface as the glacier melts. If you look southwest on a clear day from open sections along Cataract Road, you can see the highest point of the Fonthill Kame rising above the landscape, about 5 or 6 kilometers distant. The 'short hills' throughout the park are the result of erosional forces of glacial meltwater and other runoff, which carved out the many steep valleys and also created the valley of the Twelve Mile Creek more than twelve thousand years ago.
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Add ResourceNever modify trail features. Ride trails when they're dry enough that you won't leave ruts. Speak up when you see others on the trail and always yield to hikers, horses, and others coming uphill. Always ride on the established trail.
Read MoreBe courteous, informed, and prepared. Read trailhead guidelines, stay on the trail, and don't feed the wildlife.
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- Plan Ahead and Prepare
- Travel & camp on durable surfaces
- Dispose of waste properly
- Leave what you find
- Minimize campfire impacts
- Respect wildlife
- Be considerate of other visitors
Directions
From Pelham, Ontario
- Head north on Centre St toward Hwy 20 W/RR 20 E (0.7 km)
- Turn right onto Hwy 20 W/RR 20 E (1.7 km)
- Turn left onto Effingham St (signs for Effingham Street) (8.6 km)
- Turn right onto Pelham Rd/Regional Rd 69 (0.8 km)
- Turn right onto Scout Camp Rd (0.5 km)
Directions from Toronto and points west of Niagara to Pelham Road entrance:
1. QEW Niagara: Take exit 51 (Seventh Street)
2. Travel south on Seventh Street towards the Niagara Escarpment, away from the lake
3. Turn left on St. Paul Street West
4. Turn right on Fifth Street Louth
5. Turn left on Pelham Road
6. Turn ight at Pelham Street North into parking lot (watch for park sign)
From points south and east:
1. From QEW towards Toronto, take exit 48 for Martindale Rd toward County Rd-38
2. Turn right at Martindale Rd (signs for County Rd-38/Martindale Rd) (2.8 km)
3. Continue on Louth St (3.1 km)
4. Turn right at Pelham Rd (3.5 km)
5. Turn left at Pelham St North (watch for park sign)
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