Sunnybrook Park — Attraction in Toronto

Sunnybrook Farm was the 154 hectare country estate of Joseph Kilgour in the late 1800s. It is located north of Leaside and south of the Bridle Path areas of the city. After Kilgour's passing, his wife Alice donated Sunnybrook Farms to the city in 1928 to be used as a park. The Kilgour barns were preserved and currently serve as a public riding school. The Metropolitan Police stabled here up until their move down to the stables at Exhibition Place in 2005. The park is home to many bike trails, dog parks, and Sunnybrook Stables with the fields now used for sports and recreation.

Special Features WILDLIFE - Listed as a top spot to see birds in the City's Birds of Toronto Biodiversity Series booklet. ENVIRONMENTALLY SIGNIFICANT AREA - Glendon Forest provides a high quality forest habitat, dominated by sugar maple, eastern white pine, American beech and eastern hemlock trees in the West Don River Valley The wetland provides critical habitat for snapping turtles, Great Blue Herons and Red-winged Blackbirds. It is designated as an Environmentally Significant Area, because of its plant and...

Beautiful park for a picnic and/or a bike ride with a dog-friendly area, cricket club, close access to Serena Gundy and Wilket Creek parks, and a killer steep, tree-covered hill for all you masochistic cyclists (worth the ride back down!).

Even during COVies, it's nice to see people out and about, albeit with masks. It didn't feel too crowded anywhere along the roads and bike paths... especially on a Sunday. For the record, this was posted June 7, 2020.

Stray observations:

Some cyclists really like biking side by side on narrow 2-way trails and passing each other through oncoming traffic. Whatta town!

2 pre-teen kids zooming down the hill in Sunnybrook "Waaalteeeer! Use your brakes, Waaaaaalteeeeeer!!!" I hope Walter's ok. His friend's puberty voice is just around the corner.

Dandelion seeds and little flying gremlins are everywhere. Lots of folks looking like one o'clock half-struck - close that mouth if you're not wearing a mask!

Also, wear a mask: Justin...

Luv..💖luv...💗luv this place!! You can honestly forget your in the middle of a city. Forests🌳 to roam around for hours, off leash dog🐕 park, paved bike🚴 paths & mountain bike 🚵off road paths. Barbecue🍗 facilities, but come early they are busy & you will see large family picnics going on. Parking is both on the side of the road & parking lots. If you don't like animals🐾 (dogs) or kids👼 don't come on the weekends this park is nestled in affluent areas were ppl have pets🐶. Basically this is a pet friendly park & there are Soccer⚽ fields, so relax. There is a horse🐎 stable in the middle of this park so don't be surprised if you see one on the path. Sunnybrook Hospital overlooks part of the grounds. This is a huge park connected to Edwards Gardens Botanical 🌾center. Wonderful place to go get in touch with nature...