Wilder Forest

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Distance: 4.46 mi
Elevation gain: 443 ft
Technical difficulty: Moderate
Elevation loss: 443 ft
Max elevation: 1,149 ft
TrailRank: 40
Min elevation: 1,149 ft
Trail type: Loop

Moving time: one hour 32 minutes
Time: one hour 50 minutes
Coordinates: 1211
Uploaded: August 15, 2019
Recorded: August 2019

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near Coppin's Corners, Ontàrio (Canada)

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Itinerary description

A really nice hike in an area with lots of other choices. It starts out oddly, sharing a lane with a horse farm and you are sandwiched between two fence lines. But stick with it, about a kilometer in I hit a nice home where they were setting up a large tent for some function I wasn't invited to. After that it is a beautiful mixed forest that still has some large old growth trees that are pretty impressive.

The terrain undulates with no killer hills and while the signage promised a viewpoint, don't hold your breath. There are many ways to shorten or lengthen the hike with several junction points and easy connections to two neighbouring tracts with trails. This hike is appropriately named, it is a little wilder than others in the area, has a good dose of solitude and a fair amount of wildlife. I was lucky enough to see three skittish deer cross the trail ahead of me but wasn't fast enough to get a photo.

Would recommend this hike and I'll certainly do it again.

Waypoints

Parking lot

I parked as soon as I got off Brock Road. There is an official parking lot 70 meters down the lane to your right and it is a much better place to park. It includes a sign board with a map of the trails.

F10

Trail signage is very good, with posts at regular intervals and each one has a map with corresponding notation. They also do a really cool thing... when you are reading the post you are facing north which makes navigating even easier!

F11

Trail intersection, number on map matches the number on the post. You are facing north when reading the post.

F2

Trail intersection, number on map matches the number on the post. You are facing north when reading the post.

F3

Trail intersection, number on map matches the number on the post. You are facing north when reading the post.

F6

Trail intersection, number on map matches the number on the post. You are facing north when reading the post.

Viewpoint

With a bench, good place to take a break.

F8

Trail intersection, number on map matches the number on the post. You are facing north when reading the post.

F9 and 6th Concession

With parking for 1 or 2 vehicles on road side. Joins with Walker Woods and Glen Major 50 metres north on the opposite side of the road. Starting here would eliminate the farm portion of the hike.