Featured Hike: Rockway Falls

Posted on August 30, 2011

Follow the course of Fifteen Mile Creek as it tumbles over alternating layers of dolostone and shale -- including Rockway Falls -- from the heights of the Niagara Escarpment down to Lake Ontario.

This hike is one of 10 great Bruce Trail hikes selected as a KEEN Boots Give Back photo location.

Snap photos at one or more of the 10 featured trail locations and upload them to the KEEN Boots Give Back website before October 31, 2011, and KEEN will donate $10 for each photo to The Bruce Trail Conservancy.

 

Rockway Falls

Bruce Trail Section:  Niagara

Closest town or city: St Catharines, Ontario

Hike Length: 2.5 km

KEEN Boots Give Back Photo Location:
Multi-blazed tree on 9th Street at km 46.8

Longitude: -79.325478
Latitude: 43.112782

Directions:

  1. From the QEW west of St. Catharines, take Regional Road 34 (7th St. Louth) south to Regional Road 81 (St. Paul St. W).
  2. Turn left on Regional Rd. 81 and then right soon after on to Regional Road 28.
  3. Proceed south on Road 28 to Pelham Road. Turn right (west) and proceed roughly 3
    kilometres to the parking area at Rockway Community Centre. Park only on the east
    side of the building.


Parking GPS Coordinates:
Longitude: -79.321901
Latitude: 43.111255

Map Reference:

Map 3 of Bruce Trail Reference Guide (26th Edition)

Download Free Map & Trail Descriptions here >>

 

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