Back to Nature

Lennox & Addington is one of the few places in southern Ontario where you can still experience the outdoors on its own terms. You do not need to drive six hours north to find it. The Dark Sky Viewing Area sits well beyond the reach of city light, where the night sky looks the way it did a century ago. The Sheffield Conservation Area climbs through high-elevation forests and along rugged ridges where granite breaks through the treeline. On the L&A Forest Trails, the air carries pine needles and the paths are unpaved. At Springside Park, you can hear the falls before you see them. This is a landscape where a family can introduce their kids to their first frog in the morning and an experienced hiker can walk for kilometres without seeing another person by afternoon. The trails, the forests, and the dark skies are all here. They just ask that you slow down enough to notice.