Easy hikes and walks around Tay

The Matchedash Bay Trail is an accessible way to experience the beauty of the Matchedash Bay Provincial Wildlife Area. The trail is flat and passes through wooded patches, marsh edges, and occasional viewpoints of Catfish Bay. Bring sunblock and a hat for a sunny day here.

The Matchedash Bay Provincial Wildlife Area protects one of the largest coastal wetland systems in southeastern Georgian Bay. Here visitors can enjoy protected open marshland, reed beds, and a low shoreline with big skies and flat terrain.

Catfish Bay Lookout is a nice viewpoint over Catfish Bay. This viewpoint can be reached on a short spur trail off of the Matchedash Bay Trail. On a calm, windless day, the sky is perfectly reflected in the bay, seeming endless.

Formed when the glaciers melted at the end of the last Ice Age, Little Lake has provided a hospitable home for many groups for thousands of years. The are was the site of many Ouendat villages and you can explore their history at the nearby Huronia Museum. Today the lake is home to the largest community park in Midland and offers a wide variety of outdoor activities.

The Huronia Museum sits in Midland’s Little Lake Park and gives you an easy way to explore the history, art, and cultures that have shaped Central Ontario. Inside, you’ll find a wide‑ranging collection covering Indigenous history, maritime heritage, archaeology, and regional art, including works by members of the Group of Seven. One of the highlights is the replica Huron/Ouendat (Wendat) village, complete with a longhouse, lookout tower, and wigwam. Walking through it gives you a sense of daily life in a pre‑contact community and adds an immersive experience to the museum’s exhibits. The museum is open year‑round and is a welcoming stop whether you came here to learn, explore, or simply stubmled upon it while visit Little Lake Park.

Siting on the north shore of Little Lake, this park is the largest community park in Midland. You can hike the trails, play on the sports fields, courts, and disc-golf course, enjoy a picnic, take your kids to the playground, or get out on the water at the boat launch.

This five kilometer trail encircles Kettle's Lake and provides a nice loop for visitors to enjoy. The trail is named after the Wendat people, also known as the Huron, who have called this area home for hundreds of years.

This park sits on a peninsula jutting into Lake Huron near Penetanguishene. Across it's 2,915 hectares you'll find a wide array of ecosystems like mature woodlands, bog fens, coastal marshes, and dunes.