Hike in Huron - Fall 2026

Clinton Conservation Area - (pictured above)

One of the nicest family playgrounds in the area is located at the Clinton Conservation Area. With a spacious picnic pavilion, a playground and a hiking trail with a footbridge over a shallow portion of the Bayfield River, there is something for people of every age. 

 

The trail is a two-kilometre double loop that starts out near the pavilion. One loop stays on the park side of the river and hugs the bank of the river for a pleasant and easy walk after your picnic. The second loop makes it a true hike and starts just across the footbridge and continues upstream, up a ridge and circles back to the bridge through a small pine plantation.

 

There is often evidence of beaver activity in the area, with the occasional dam popping up along the river and on one of the side channels that you can see from the ridge.

 

In fall and spring there are times where the water tops the footbridge making the back loop of the trail inaccessible. 77960 London Rd. (Located on Highway 4, just south of Clinton, next to the bridge.)

Rodgers Tract

 

The 14 Huron County forest tracts are a legacy of the massive reforestation effort across southern Ontario that was undertaken by municipalities in partnership with the province starting in the early 1900s. 

 

Huron County residents and visitors are now reaping the benefits of that vision with over 1,600 acres of managed forests to provide educational and recreational opportunities.

 

On Hoover Line just south of Westfield Road lies Rodgers Tract. The trail consists of one loop around a pond and a one long rolling straight path along a ridge ending with a view over a large gravel pit.

 

Portions of the trail reach heights where you feel like you are on a treetop walk, giving a bird’s eye view of the fall colours and forest floor. 83820 Hoover Line, just north of Auburn