Bare Mountain Trail — Attraction in Clarenville

Beautiful trail set in the middle of Clarenville with challenging steep sections and wonderful wooded areas and ponds.

The most stunning part is the outlook over the Clarenville bay and Random Island, over the scraggy granite massif.

My boy Arlo and myself only explored the 3.5 km circuit around Bare Mountain, leaving the remainder of the network to be explored.

The only part that we found heartbreaking was the fact that developers mowed down large swats of forest besides the trail which gave it a sad, barren, and depressing feeling. Still struggling with Newfoundlanders' mentality that forests needs to be cut down and replaced either by crushed stones, asphalt, or lawn, as if it was the US Midwest or Alberta which I find depressing.

Newfoundland is nature and should be protected...

This is a wonderful trail. Be aware there are lots of stairs to climb when deciding to take this trail. Beautiful view of Clarenville and the water. There are plaques and a viewing binoculars. Nice spot to have lunch. You can also go further to meet up with the Shoal Harbour Trail that I will venture on today. Easy parking and trail is to the right at the edge of the...

Pros: Pretty easy walking trail Good to walk in and around nature Pretty decent lookout point Can see the town pretty nice from the point Cons: Very poorly marked trails At the last half of it it’s pretty much just a point and guess to get onto the loop back It’s not that interesting Some of the lookout points are completely overgrown so you can’t...