Cycling.
The 132 km Goderich to Guelph (G2G) Rail Trail crosses the southeast corner of North Perth at the village of Monkton — a Trans Canada Trail-profiled greenway running on a former rail corridor from the Lake Huron shore at Goderich east to the western edge of Guelph, officially completed in 2021. Inside the municipality, the 22 km North Perth Trail System adds named former-rail segments connecting Gowanstown, Listowel, Atwood, and Henfryn.
The brief.
The G2G is the long-distance flagship — a flat 132 km gravel rail-trail that catches walking, hiking, birding, wheeling, cycling in the warmer months, and snowshoeing and skiing in the colder months, per the Trans Canada Trail profile. The Monkton-area section through North Perth is one stop on a Goderich-to-Guelph through-route.
Inside the municipality, the 8.0 km Listowel to Atwood Trail and the Listowel to Gowanstown Trail are documented rail-trail segments suitable for gravel and touring cycling on natural-surface and gravel former rail bed. Surfaces are flat former rail beds — gravel/touring rather than singletrack.
Best season is May through October.
4. places.
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North Perth Trail System (~22 km, in-municipality)
Gowanstown–Listowel–Atwood–Henfryn rail-trail network on former rail rights-of-way.
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G2G Rail Trail through Monkton
132 km Guelph–Goderich corridor passing through the Village of Monkton in North Perth; officially completed 2021.
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Listowel to Atwood Trail
8.0 km natural-surface and gravel rail-trail; cycling permitted year-round.
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Listowel to Gowanstown Trail
Gravel former rail corridor; off-road cycling permitted.
Today's read.
Cold but firm — winter-ready conditions · light winds · clean air.
By the book.
- 01North Perth Trail System permits cycling among the listed multi-use activities; specific segment restrictions are not enumerated on the municipal trail page.Source ↗
- 02The G2G Rail Trail is stewarded by Goderich to Guelph Rail Trail Inc.; the corridor is managed for walking, hiking, and cycling.Source ↗