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Canton Trails

The Canton Community loves to be outside, taking in nature during all seasons! Having 15 registered St. Lawrence Country Trails (walking, running, cycling) within 10 miles of Downtown Canton, you can find an adventure around every turn. Click on the trail names listed below to learn more.

Walking/Running/Hiking

Glenmeal State Forest (2.1 miles): A small network of year-round trails and is a particularly popular spot for cross-country skiing in the winter.

Hart’s Falls Preserve (0.7 miles): A family-friendly trail that leads to a great waterfall. Suitable for year-round use, including snowshoes and cross-country skiing.

Heritage Park Trail/Cascade Falls (0.3 miles): A historical tour around Coakley and Falls Islands, Heritage Park Trail runs along the Grasse River.

Indian Creek Nature Center (5.1 miles): Quiet walking trails along the boundary of a large marsh offer interpretive panels, an observation tower, and excellent wildlife viewing.

Kip Trail (2.2 miles): An easy forest trek with views of the Little River.

Remington Trail (3.5 miles): A favorite destination for year-round walking, running, and biking.

St. Lawrence – Saddlemire Trail (2.1 miles): The trail covers scenery such as the Little River, a horse pasture, and tall grass fields.

St. Lawrence – Susan Ferguson Trail (2.5 miles): Trails loop around the St. Lawrence University athletic fields and along the Little River.

SUNY Canton Cross Country Trail (3.7 miles): This riverside path winds around the university campus, through forest, across open fields, and over quaint footbridges.

Cycling

Canton-Pyrites (13.8 miles): This scenic ride takes the rider along the flat to gently rolling county and town roads between Canton and Pyrites, bypassing the hamlet of Pyrites.

Indian Creek Tour (24.8 miles): This scenic tour takes the rider along the flat to gently rolling country roads between, Canton, Morley and Rensselaer Falls and completely around the Indian Creek Nature Center.

Lampson Falls Loop (45.3 miles): One of the main attractions along this route is the scenic Lampson Falls, a great spot for a picnic break.

Morley-Bucks Bridge-West Potsdam Loop (22.1 miles): This undulating ride takes you along the Grasse River through Morley to Bucks Bridge, then to West Potsdam and back to Canton through prime farmland.

Old Mill Town Loop (31.3 miles): Mill ruins are the highlight of this tour, with remnants visible in the hamlet of Pyrites, a bustling paper mill town until the late 1920s.

Pyrites-Old Dekalb Road (16.3 miles): This short tour takes the rider into a series of scenic hills south and west of Canton.

Remington Trail (3.5 miles): A favorite meeting spot in the community for year-round walking, running, and biking.

Snowshoeing/Cross Country Skiing

Glenmeal State Forest (2.1 miles): A small network of year-round trails and is a particularly popular spot for cross-country skiing in the winter.

Hart’s Falls Preserve (0.7 miles): A family-friendly trail that leads to a great waterfall. Suitable for year-round use, including snowshoes and cross-country skiing.

Kip Trail (2.2 miles): An easy forest trek with views of the Little River.

St. Lawrence – Saddlemire Trail (2.1 miles): The trail covers scenery such as the Little River, a horse pasture, and tall grass fields.

SUNY Canton Cross Country Trail (3.7 miles): This riverside path winds around the university campus, through forest, across open fields, and over quaint footbridges.

 

Heritage Park Trail/Cascade Falls

Heritage Park Trail/Cascade Falls

Indian Creek Tour

Indian Creek Tour

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remington Trail

St. Lawrence – Saddlemire Trail

St. Lawrence – Saddlemire Trail

St. Lawrence – Susan Ferguson Trail

St. Lawrence – Susan Ferguson Trail

 

 

 

 

 

 

These trails are not formally maintained by the Canton Recreation Department.