Brief Outline of Hiking Trails of Ottawa

Hiking Trails of Ottawa, or "HTO", as I will refer to it, will be composed of the descriptions of 50 walking routes within eastern Ontario and western Quebec. These are all found within a circle, centred upon Parliament Hill, of a radius of approximately 100-km.

The region is divided into five districts: Gatineau Park, Quebec outside of Gatineau Park, Ottawa within the Greenbelt, Eastern Ontario outside the Greenbelt, and the Frontenac Axis. In each of these districts 10 distinct routes of varying degrees of difficulty are profiled. The difficulty factor ranges from "1", or suitable for almost all fitness levels, to "5", recommended only for fit and/or experienced hikers. The lengths of the selected routes, always given for return trips, vary from 3-km to 42-km.