Hike #26: Mill Street, Waterdown to King Road, Burlington


Mill Street (Waterdown) to King Road (Burlington)


Knowing that parking at Smokey Hallow Falls might be an issue, we started our hike on King Road in Burlington and hiked to Mill Street in Waterdown and then back again.  Normally there are spots for six cars on King road (south of Mountain Brow Road); however this steep section of King Road is currently closed due to winter conditions.  So we parked at the base of the steep section of King Road road and walked the 500 metres to the trail. For continuity, we hiked back to where we left off on our last hike. The photos are in order from Waterdown to Burlington.  This section of the Bruce Trail runs along a friendship trail - Offa's Dyke Path.

Brink of the Smokey Hollow Falls, Waterdown

Smokey Hollow Falls, Waterdown

After hiking over to Mill Street and taking some winter shots of Smokey Hollow Falls we started our tracker and hiked back to our car on King Road.  

Steps out of the Parking Lot for Smokey Hallow Falls towards Mill Street

Placard on the steps towards Mill Street

This section of the trail is for hiking only; however we did see a mountain biker using the trail today. 


View from east side of Mill Street (back towards Smokey Hollow Falls)
 
After crossing Mill Street, the trail parallels a large open concrete culvert draining a subdivision then turns left to pass through a small copse of trees.  
 

Section of trail that parallels a drainage ditch.  The ditch splits the trees in the distance to the North.

Culvert that drains into the concrete spillway.  This is where the trail turns west to enter a small copse of trees behind the subdivision.








The trail exits the copse and enters a subdivision at the end of Renwood Drive.



Interesting weather vane (Renwood Drive)

Right turn on Flanders Drive.

View eastwards down Flanders Drive.

Where Flanders meets Mountain Brow Road.

After crossing Mountain Brow Road and climbing over a stile we reentered wooded sections of the trail. Efforts to remove invasive trees have left these woods quite sparse. 

Stile over fence at Mountain Brow Rd.






This side trail takes one back to river at the base of Smokey Hollow Falls.  It is a difficult hike consisting of descending switch backs. The views were pleasant when we hiked this side trail last spring / summer.


A pedestrian bridge crossing a small creek.




Rabbit Tracks

Angel Tracks







Another stile.  This one was located at a service road that enters the woods from Mountain Brow Rd.



Communication tower located near the point where the trail crosses Mountain Brow Rd.



Parking Area on King Road (currently closed)

King Road (closed portion at top of escarpment)

Steep section of King Road

View of the Burlington Skyway Bridge (northeast) from King Rd


View of lower section of King Road from the escarpment.

Barricade blocking access to King Road

View of the Burlington Skyway Bridge from Bayview Park (King Road).




Hike #26

Date:                      February 6th, 2022

Start:                      Smokey Hollow (Waterdown road)

Finish:                     King Road, Burlington

Distance:                3.14 km 

Time:                       50 minutes

Difficulty:               Easy

Trail Use:                Hiking Only

Total kms hiked:    158 kms

Kms remaining:      753.9 kms


Points of Interest in the Area: Spencer Smith Park





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