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WEST HUNT CLUB ROAD TRAILS

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        Independent Directions to this Site: From Highway 416 take exit 72 (West Hunt Club Road). If southbound, a 0.4 km offramp dumps onto West Hunt Club Road, where you will turn right or southwest. If northbound, the 0.2 km offramp brings you to Cedarview Road, where you will turn right or SSE onto it and in 0.2 km come to West Hunt Club Road. Turn right or southwest onto it and in 0.4 km join the southbound traffic. Both groups will now follow West Hunt Club southwest for an additional 1.6 km to reach parking area P11 on the left for the West Hunt Club Road Trails.
        Stony Swamp Loop Route Directions: From from The Log Farm parking area, return the 0.4 km eastward across Highway 416 to Cedarview Road. Turn left or NNW onto it and proceed 2.0 km to West Hunt Club Road. Turn left or southwest on it and drive 1.6 km to reach parking area P11 on the left for the West Hunt Club Road Trails.
Google Satellite Map of West Hunt Club Road Trails Area
Google Satellite Map of West Hunt Club Road Trails Area

        Site Description and Birding Information: From the parking area a trail (# 26) makes a 4.0 km loop to the southeast. This trail joins up with the northwest side of the Jack Pine Trail and the western portions of The Log Farm trails. A second trail (# 27) begins across West Hunt Club Road from the parking lot. It is a 2.7 km loop through woodland and fields to the north. At its extreme northern point, it is joined to trail # 28 of the Bruce Pit Trails site.
Trailhead for Trail 27 across West Hunt Club from P11
Trailhead for Trail 27 across West Hunt Club from P11
        Stony Swamp Loop Route Directions: From the West Hunt Club Road Trails parking area, turn left or southwest onto West Hunt Club Road. Proceed 0.5 km to Moodie Drive and turn left or SSE onto it. Drive 0.7 km to reach parking area P8 on the right for the next location on this loop, the Beaver and Chipmunk Trails.
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Last update:  October 25, 2009