Sheffield Conservation Area — Attraction in Stone Mills

A great hidden gem. The loop runs along granite ridges and through oak forests before topping out at a panoramic high spot. Trails are rugged and sometimes poorly marked. The start of the trail is deceptively tame, it quickly becomes an intermediate trail. Someone of the rock outcroppings the trail traverses can tend to be very slick. In autumn the trail tends to be quite muddy, and the beavers in the area are focused on reengineering the route which crosses at least one dam. The old trail loop is still there, and can be found on maps but it is closed and marked as such - it hasn't been maintained for several years and is significantly more rugged than the current path so here the signs.

Overall this is a...

A challenging 4.6 km loop with lots of up and down granite hills and scenic small lakes.

Make sure you leave your stroller at home and if your bringing your dog, be sure that it is up to date in its tick medications.

Paid parking by App.

About 1/2 hour north of Napanee

I would definitely recommend to come in the fall, I would not recommend to come in the summer as there would be lots of bugs. The only bugs we encountered in the fall were ticks crawling...

So far they haven't turned Nazis and put gates to bar the slaves. Conservation is contravening the letter of the law of contract they signed when the land was therefore making it null and void therefore the family will who will hold possession of the conservation or they'll just give it to the general public for use it would make great sustainable and...