Jackson Park, Peterborough
Address: 630 Parkhill Rd. W, Peterborough, ON K9J 6N6, it is about 1 hours and 45 minutes drive from the GTA. Note: please note that if you use Google map to search for that place, it leads you to a wrong address to find the parking. So, you should use the address that I provided above.
Let's Explore this Big Park and Trails
Trail Path
This park is a so big to explore, and for us we could not complete the whole trails. And it also leads to a long trans-Canada trails as well. I started from where I parked the car, and then moved forwards towards the entrance to the trail. You could also find another entrance to another trail by passing the playground.
I chose to do the trail along the Jackson river/creek and it took about 1.5 hours to 2 hours for us because we tried to have a leisure walk and enjoyed the environment around us as much as we could.
Flowing Water Under the Ice
It was amazing during that time of the year to witness this incredible water flowing underneath the ice on top. The top part was still frozen but there was a big river strongly managed to flow and produced the sound of like a group of cheetahs running below the chunk of ice in the ice age era.
You could encounter this amazing phenomena along your hike. How incredible is that!
You can view and listen to its sound by clicking on this video above.
Ice on Snow
Not only the flowing water under the ice that you saw along the way, you would also see another miracle- on the trail, there was a part that was kind of slushy (icy and snowy) mixed together. I did not know how it was form, but I could walk on it and it was not slippery at all. It was like you are walking on the surface of the icy water on the lake.
Birdy Birdy
You can never predict what you are going to find on the trees as well as on the ground in this park. Guess, what we saw the first time we entered the park/trail? It was a pileated woodpecker who was busy pecking the wood/tree to find her food. It is a kind of rare type of woodpeckers that I have ever seen. I usually see downy woodpeckers couple times, but not the pileated one. This is my first time spotting that bird. It is quite big with its beautiful red head.
If you want to find out more about his bird, please click on the YouTube link here:
