Purple Woods Conservation Area - Oshawa, Ontario

Anastasiya E.

Wonderful area to spend an hour with kids and show fall colors. Trails are wide and easy, pretty short so I would say not more than 2 hours in total you will spend there. Huge parking lot, so everybody will have room. I didn't like to come with a dog, plants on the trails shoulders are sticky and living small seeds on the fur, that can be super dangerous especially if the dog is long coated. For me probably it is a one time visit, but if you are living somewhere in 10-15 minute area it is totally worth it!

Todd L.

I enjoyed the walk / hike. The terrain was flat and some little hills. It took me about an hour to walk both trails, and I got a really nice workout in which you can bring your dog, but it has to be on a leash. No tick signs posted . It's fairly cl9se if you live in Scarborough. It took me about 37 minutes to get there. There is a washroom down by the sugar shack . Outside of that, it co7ld use a few more washroom.

khushbu P.

Beautiful short trail for walk.
It's paid parking.kids will enjoy the short trekking. There is no washroom.

jane L.

We joined the maple syrup festival today, and the experience was great! The weather was fantastic. The place is quite nicely maintained. The trail is about 400m, leading you to see the house where maple syrup is made of. The house is at the left side of the end of the trail. And on the right, there were several interactive sections for kids to explore: two giant woodened connect 4, one giant pot, showing how people concentrated the syrup, and so on. There is also a washroom next to the pot and alcohol was provided just outside for hygiene purposes, which is nice. The trail is not a loop, so in order to go out, just follow the original path. On your way out, there are story boards telling the story of "Grandpa's Sugar Bush". It's very nicely organized overall!

Komal R.

It’s nice little conservative area with 2-3 small trails. Unfortunately I couldn’t find any washrooms. Visited during last week of Oct and got nice fall Colors.

Laura B.

Went for the Maple Syrup festival with my toddler, and they did a wonderful job with the event for all ages. The only suggestion would be to advertise on the event page that there is an additional cost for things such as the horse-drawn carriage, taffy etc and it is cash only. I was thankful that I had just enough cash on me, but I saw many people scrambling for cash and digging through change to enjoy the extras.

Debbie

Prachtig bos waar je kunt zien hoe de maple siroop door de slangen loopt. Je hoor de cicades er zingen, geweldig mooi.

Abdul A.

Awesome place to experience fall colours. You will find all shades between yellow, orange, pink and red.

Hiking track is a bit slopy so go on dry days, with good shoes. It's NOT dangerous but on rainy days one must be careful. Otherwise it's a must go place in fall months.

Trail has arrow markers to keep patrons on track.

Ample of parking available.