Cycling.
The Haliburton County Rail Trail runs 35 kilometres south from Haliburton village to Kinmount along the former Victoria Railway corridor — an 1878 line that ran from Lindsay through Kinmount and Gelert to Haliburton, abandoned by 1992 and converted to public trail. At Kinmount, the corridor continues as the Victoria Rail Trail south to Lindsay and Bethany, giving riders close to 120 kilometres of continuous rail-trail.
The brief.
Surface is gravel and stone dust through Gelert and Kinmount, with rivers, waterfalls, heritage bridges, and the ruins of an old chemical plant along the way. The corridor is gentle-grade rail-bed cycling rather than singletrack — accessible for most fitness levels and family-friendly in shorter segments.
The trail is non-motorized exclusive April 2 to May 1, then shared with permitted ATVs from May 1 to November 30 between 10 am and dusk. Snowmobiles take over December through March with permit.
Plan around the shared-use rules if quiet riding matters: early-season weeks before May 1 are non-motorized only. Connecting south to the Victoria Rail Trail extends rides into Kawartha Lakes and toward the Trent–Severn corridor.
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Haliburton County Rail Trail
35 km from Haliburton to Kinmount; gravel and stone dust surface; rivers, waterfalls, and heritage bridges; managed by Haliburton County Public Works.
Today's read.
Cold but firm — winter-ready conditions · light winds · clean air.