Sherwood Park, Blythwood Ravine

Access to Sherwood Park is from Mt. Pleasant Road, then east along Sherwood Avenue. It is a short hike along a paved road from the parking lot to the entrance of the fenced in off-leash dog park/trail. The dog park is nicely shaded, and the trails are mostly fenced in except for a few spots where someone/thing had broken through the fencing. There is a water fountain at the entrance to the dog park.

If you turn left before getting to the dog park, there is a short path on either side of the creek going north. One side features a children's playground. The other side is fit for walking dogs. It is a very short walk (about 200 meters) to Blythwood Road, where you can cross the street to enter the Blythwood Ravine.

The path through the ravine is wide, mostly packed dirt, with some parts gravel and paved. The dirt path looks like it becomes quite wet and muddy after rain. The shaded trail appear to be popular with the locals. The entire route is quite short, with less than a kilometer's walk to the tennis courts at Lawrence Park.

E. T. Seton Park

This was not what I envisioned from reading Ernest Thompson Seton's stories about Wild Animals he had known. The fully paved bicycle and pedestrian path runs through wide swathes of manicured lawn, representing the kind of environmental destruction that drove out E. T. Seton's beloved wild animals from the Don River Valley.



The park appears to be popular with joggers and families with baby strollers. There is lots of space on the grass on either side of the path to walk dogs without getting into the way of joggers and cyclists. Garbage and recycling bins are plentiful; you never have to walk more than 100' before finding a place to deposit your poop bags.

This is a sunny trail with only partial shade provided by the isolated trees dotting the landscape. There is a water fountain near Overlea Drive. You will need a water bowl.

I came into the park through the access road to Wilket Creek Park from Leslie Street, just north of Eglinton. The parking lot is huge, and if you are lucky, you will find a shady spot to park.