Cycling.
The Caledon Trailway runs 36 kilometres across the town as part of the Trans Canada Trail, on a crushed-stone surface from Terra Cotta in the southwest to Palgrave in the northeast — a flat gravel-and-hybrid-friendly corridor through escarpment villages and farmland. Caledon Hills road riding follows established club routes through Belfountain, Cheltenham, Inglewood, Alton, and Caledon East; the Caledon Hills Cycling Club publishes route cue sheets.
Albion Hills' mountain-bike network adds off-road for those carrying the right bike.
The brief.
Caledon's cycling layers are three distinct: the Caledon Trailway as the flat town-spanning rail-trail, the road network through escarpment villages as the climby tour-cycling layer, and the Albion Hills singletrack as the dedicated MTB layer. The Trailway is hybrid-and-gravel-bike country (its crushed-stone surface is rideable on a road bike with wider tires but not narrow racing tyres), and works as both a family-friendly outing and the connector between villages.
Caledon Hills Cycling Club routes through Belfountain, Cheltenham, Inglewood, Alton, and Caledon East range from short 40-kilometre village loops to full-day 100-kilometre escarpment circuits with significant elevation. Mississauga Road north and Forks of the Credit Road carry the most photographed scenic-cycling stretches; both can be busy with motor traffic on autumn weekends.
May through October is the rideable window for road and Trailway riding.
4. places.
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Caledon Trailway
36 km Trans Canada Trail rail-trail from Terra Cotta to Palgrave on a crushed-stone surface.
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Caledon Hills road network
Club routes through Belfountain, Cheltenham, Inglewood, Alton, Caledon East; Caledon Hills Cycling Club publishes cue sheets.
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Forks of the Credit Road
Provincially designated scenic drive; popular cycling on quieter weekday hours.
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Albion Hills Conservation Park MTB network
TRCA-managed XC singletrack and double-track on the Oak Ridges Moraine.
Today's read.
Cold but firm — winter-ready conditions · light winds · clean air.