Lake Ontario Trek

Trek Overview

Trek Description

Bike all the way around Lake Ontario on an international adventure that includes Niagara Falls, Toronto, and the beautiful Thousand Islands region. At Niagara Falls, you’ll take the Maid of the Mist boat tour and hike the stunning Niagara Gorge. Next, you’ll bike past the enormous lake freighters on the Welland Canal and view a working canal lock.

You’ll head up to Toronto to visit the Toronto Islands, the largest urban car-free community in North America, then go to outstanding museums and hang out in Chinatown. Continuing east around the lake, you’ll follow bike paths and back roads to scenic beaches and beautiful provincial parks. Coming back into the U.S., you’ll cycle along the lake’s scenic southern shore to Chimney Bluffs state park, Rochester, and the Erie Canal. The trip ends in Buffalo with chicken wings and fantastic architecture.

Trek Highlights

Bike the beautiful shoreline of Lake Ontario
Visit Niagara Falls, Chimney Bluffs, and Lake on the Mountain
Swim at beautiful Lake Ontario beaches
Bike along sections of the Erie Canal Bikeway
Spend 2 days in Toronto

Trek Details

Why Choose Lake Ontario Trek

Unlimited Beaches

The great part about following a coastal route for the entire trip is unlimited beaches! You will have many opportunities to cool off in the great Lake Ontario, or simply enjoy camping and cooking with a lakeside view. Along the southern shore, you will experience the dramatic rocky cliffs along the beach at Chimney Bluff State Park and experience the mysterious Lake on the Mountain on the northern shore. In the heat of the summer, there's no better place to be than surrounded by water!

Round-trip Accomplishment

It's not often on a bike tour that you can complete a full round-trip. What an accomplishment it is to know you biked the circumference of one the Great Lakes, especially when it spans across two countries!

Immersive Great Lakes Experience

Tracing the coastline of Lake Ontario is a window into the ecological wonder of the Great Lakes. As the last lake in the chain, Lake Ontario is a crucial corridor for transportation, water exchange and fish migration in the Great Lakes. A diverse array of habitats surrounding the lake include sand dunes, forests, rocky cliffs and wetlands. This international adventure has your biking through beautiful coastal habitats into iconic Great Lake cities like Niagara Falls, Toronto and following the Erie Canal Trail from Rochester to Buffalo.

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