Vista Trail Trailhead, Rouge National Urban Park

A beautiful trail with a decent sized parking lot to park. The trails offer a wide variety of difficulty and the trails are well laid out, either by flattened earth, boards or pavement. For those wishing for more difficulty, there are harder parts with some elevation. If you're considering venturing on the harder areas, I recommend good hiking shoes but if you stay to the main, shorter paths, running shoes are fine. There are great views and really worth a visit.

It's a beautiful place! We did go off the main trail a lot and the colors were even better there, however that does get a bit steep and slippery (worth it if you are able to do that though). Saw a few blue jays. Weather was just right. We had to wait a little for a parking spot but not too bad overall. Lookout point was also pretty nice and nowhere near as crowded as i expected (we were there at 3 pm on a Saturday).

This place is perfect for lazy folks LOL. It's a short trail with creek and two swamps (small lake??). Filled with little critters and some swans too. There's porta potty nearby with hand sanitizer by the door. Quite a crowd on weekend of families and couples. You can bring your dog but don't forget to put them on leash. You can certainly bring yourself or your pet to play in the creek since the current is weak and it's very shallow but always keep an eye on them.

Plenty of woodland areas to walk through and there are river spots to chill at. A great place to bring the whole family or walk the dog or both. Keep dogs on leash or close as there are wild animals like coyotes making their homes here. You can find deer and plenty of places for bird watching. Stay away from to edge of the bluffs as they can give way without notice. Beautiful scenery and open areas to walk for hours, New York's Central park could easily fit in here and get lost. Great time to come in fall and see all the colors. Highly recommended

Beautiful trail in the fall and winter. The observatory is a great look out point! It's about a 5-10 min walk from the parking lot to the observatory deck. Parking can be challenging to find, it's make shift parking and does get packed by 11am. The trail is not very strenuous. The trail ends at Twyn Rivers and you can cross the street and get onto Orchad or Mast Trail by the other parking lot. I went last week and there was snow but since it's a popular spot the trail is easily walkable. Although the parking is packed when I've gone in the morning I've passed by other hikers however it's never crowded. I've gone back 3 times so far!

Beautiful park for hiking. Not difficult as mentioned in some websites. Scenic views. After 1.6 kms, if one wishes to walk further, can go hiking to mast trail.

It's not bad at all as a trail in the urban area. You could also take a few trails (routes) in a trip.Took four trails in about 2 hours, but the Vista trail had the best view over the observation desk.

Splendid view with a moderate 2 hour hike (Vista and Mast trails). I would look up the trail before bringing a stroller to the hike as some areas can be a bit tricky.Will come back again

Lovely trail. Too bad you need to pay for parking. City should provide better toilets for public in the trail. Recommend to visit during the fall.