Reviews of Springwater Provincial Park (Park)

Alex

Not a bad place to hike and get away from the city for a few hours. Cross country skiing in the winter seems pretty cool also. I don't think the park is as good as it used to be back in the day, but. Worth checking it out

Cara R-N

Beautiful day use park in Clearview. I'll return to explore trails further and likely in winter for snow-shoe.

Michael Cryan

Very nice. Good place for a walk

Heather McIntyre

Amazing!

Shelby Blackstock

Staff are always lovely. Park is beautifully maintained. The trails are so quiet and relaxing. Lots of great locations for local photographers.

Chantal Stephens

Thus a great place to explore nature :)

D J

Nice set of hiking trails here. Parking fee for 2 hours was $3, pay at the machine up at the entrance gate. I was pretty much the only one around during a weekday. I did the red trail which was easy at 5 km. Some parts were very muddy and tough to cross but overall not terribly bad.

Kevin Prentice

Great walking trails, even in the winter. Hard packed but not slippery.

Ashley

The red trail was super muddy at times but we're definitely looking forward to going again in the summer

Denice Joseph

Always a pleasure going for a hike! Wish people that go there would pick up their garbage! Keep it ean

Sherry Johnson

I have 40 plus years of wonderful memories of this park and wonderful memories of my children enjoying this park! Many changes... miss the beautiful wood play ground that used to be here as well as all the rescued animals. We used to …

Cam S. Leslie

Great trails for skiing and hiking

MIKHAIL PLIOUSNINE

Easy trails in a Beautiful forest! Families friendly

Mitch Dellandrea

Great trails for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. Everything was very well-marked. Only $3 for a 2-hour parking pass, which was all we needed.

Gavin Doran

Nice and quiet. Easy trails. Maintenance during covid is down a bit. So if you have troubles. Wait till next year!

kamran sanaee

Lots of Mud. No scenery. At least 50% of the red trail which is the longest trail, passes along side the road and you can hear the cars clearly.

Crow C

Being a wanderer I've traveled across Canada from coast to coast and have visited many provincial and national parks like Writing on Stone provincial park and Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park. I'm sad to say that Springwater Provincial …

Josh Urbanski

One of my favourite places to go for a walk. Always quiet, lots of space. Closes early though and apparently they lock the gate, otherwise I would drive in and pay for parking to support rather than park outside the gate and pay nothing like everyone does in the evenings.

Phyllis

Very Easy and kid's friendly trails, nice day trip to get away from city for just an hour drive. There are benches along the trail for people to take rest if they need to. Washroom is closed during this time and remember to bring you mosquito repellent spray.

74N14 M1L0

Beautiful trails and ponds, wonderful area for bird watching.

Night

Nice and spectacular

Jason D

Gorgeous place. Quiet and relaxing.

Collin Page

Amazing place for the kiddies.. The park inside is a ton of fun for my 1 year old that likes to run around.

1Kristy7

Big beautiful park with pavilions. Very clean facility with a lot of parking. Nice location to take kids or have a family picnic/bbq. Lots of trails to walk/bike. I’ve heard it has a nice playground too for children (but I did t look for it).

Joshua Kubinec

This is a great place for a walk in the woods.

Jeremy Hanlon

I have not stayed at the campground; however, I use the trail system quite frequently with my dog. It's a beautiful set of walking trails with lots of maps and signs.

Ben Vanarragon

Great for get togethers and kids

Jason Payette

Refreshing!

Ruth French

Great place to go right outside Barrie to enjoy trails.

Diane Foxton

Very clean and picturesque!

Rabecca Carter

Great place for walking, snowshoeing, and cross country skiing.

Aaron James

It isnt what it used to be. Basically no maintenance. As a local I used to go here slot as a kid, but now id rather use the drive to go elsewhere. It just needs a facelift

Deena Delaney

Lots of great trails, very clean, pavilions

Kat Kat

This facility requires paid parking year round. The trails are maintained in a general manner. Washroom facilities are not open all year. It was once a penned animal sanctuary, but now has no caged areas. Wildlife is still present, but in the way that a forest has life, rather than a zoo's method. Large picnic areas are present. There are barbecues onsite for use, as well as covered pavilions to dine within. There is also a small playground. If you bring a dog, it must be leashed.

Paolo Papais

Great Staff , lots of history and knowledge here . Please be respectful of park , lots of sacred areas

Yuliy Ruzin

Beautiful and clean park and trails but parking is expensive $11.25 per day

David Janzen

Beautiful park to visit. Some of the are staff great! We had some great family pictures taken here. We miss some of the animals that used to be here. Love the one huge tree in the park that has the branches all grown into each other and grafted together. It was also great to see First Nations joint involvement in park operations.

Riley Ma

went on a winter walk on Christmas. so tranquil and stunning, there were barely any people there so we were basically alone. so chill.

Mathew Jose

Nice place for a hike. Have different paths which the visitors can choose to take Quite silent and beautiful

Carptarts

This place truly is a hidden gem. Just outside of Barrie, it's a wonderful place to take in the outdoors while walking on several kilometers of trails. Take the kids, go with a loved one, bring the dogs, bring a picnic lunch ... There is a small entry fee for vehicles. Parking is more than adequate, there are washrooms and a modest play area with swings. Be aware that this area is a lowland. It can be quite wet at times and biting insects can be a great nuisance.

Mohammad Farahzad

stupid park, don't bother. smallest piece of land. paid $32 for two cars to get in and out in 10 mins. dont ever go

Jerom Saju

Cool

Pavel Zaretsky

Pretty awesome park, looks beautiful

Philip Harmathy

I love Springwater, always have and always will. I've seen it change over the years but it is a beautiful and quiet place with amazing trails.

lee findlay

Loved it. If I had to find and faults. It would only be that you can hear the highway. Besisde that. Huge paths. Lots to do and see. Lots of cut through... lots of dear tracks. But dogs scare them away fast.

Shannon Walsh

Lots to do and plenty of nature

Jamie Wells

Lots of beautiful walking trails. Nice they have a small playground for the kids too. Great for pushing a stroller or wagon around for an outdoor adventure. You have to pay for access but its cheap. Just a few bucks.

Inderjeet Singh

Spring water park brings great tracking paths and trails. This place is best for dogs ????for outings they can explore too and good to skating ⛷⛸. The issue I find is parking is paid and pricy $$.

Heather Cumming

Great walking trails

MissTee Sandy

Be with Nature and find yourself Relaxing. I love this place!

罗小凌

(Translated) A good place for hiking????‍♀️It's best if there are more than two people traveling together???? Today I went alone, and I looked back three times. Fortunately, I saw a couple near me on the way. Parking charges for 2 hours. $3 for 2 hours. I am going to hike for 2 hours next time. (Original) 徒步运动的好去处????‍♀️最好两人以上结伴同行????今天我独自去的，一步三回头，幸好中途看见一对情侣在我附近????停车收费????️2小时$3????准备下次去徒步2小时

Angela Cadieux

Not a good experience ????

Marcia Murray

Lovely place for a winter hike

Melvyn Hiscock

On a stunning Fall day this was a beautiful oasis of nature only 15 minutes north of Barrie.

Geoffrey Taylor

Good spot for birdwatching and relaxing. Facilities were clean. It is good this park is open again .$6.50 for a 4 hour pass very reasonable. We were entertained by many cedar waxwings swooping for insects over the pond.

Jennifer Howard

Beautiful park. Peaceful. Staff so friendly and healpful. A great experience.

Gerry Tourigny (Gerry)

Beautiful spot with great hiking trails.

Brandon Johnston

It was good

Alan Joseph

Amazingly clean huge park! Perfect for a nature walk or camp.

J'aime K

Beautiful views

Payal Patel

Pros: Very quiet, lots of benches, lots of parking spots, great hiking trails Cons: No washroom facilities, and there is quite a bit of garbage lying around. There are no garbage bins so make sure to bring lots of garbage bags and prepared to carry them back!

Hitendra

Very nice and quiet place

AL Godspeed

Adventure

Mathias Pageau

Super everything and clean !!!

H Hayward

Sam was our school's guide. Awesome! So informative and fun.

Oleksandr Melnichenko

Awesome place for weekend walks

Ken Emes

Nice, quiet trails. A little bit mushy in places. Wear boots if you go.

Raquel Gonçalves

Yesterday we went to Springwater Provincial Park! We liked, looks perfect for a picnic, but in our opinion the park is poorly signposted and we were afraid of getting lost! You need to pay 3 dollars for parking your car, but the price is okay in my opinion!

Tabitha Mann

Hiked purple and green ???? ???? ???? Great for a leisure path

Kayleigh Munn (Mizusical)

Very nice place for an afternoon stroll.

HauntingLIVE! Podcast

OGPS Filming is a Strong team and knows what they are doing, I have had other teams that say they know what they are doing in the Kitchener area and OGPS Filming knows there stuff and they have work in the film area and would only trust them.

Rachel Mcfadyen

Beautiful, did my engagement photos here! Lots of trails to explore as well.

Rebecca Trumble

Beautiful place an best trails

Dean Winchester

Nice park, has a few trails. Only thing is they close the gates early, not sure why. Have to walk on the road for a bit to get to the trails. Walk in the forest, goes beside some train tracks.

Staffan Ridaeus

Nice and peaceful place ????

Natasha Krista

Love this beautiful park, so peaceful and therapeutic. There's something spiritually about that place that makes you feel so connected with nature and the beauty of it! Looking forward to exploring more of the trails. We did the green and …

Vineeth Vijayan

This place is a winter wonderland. We couldn't go all the way since it was snowing heavily. Definitely going back again.

Maryam Ghazalifard

nice , queit

Alexandru

Amazing park to explore!! Whether your out for a walk or wanting to take a bike ride. This place is the place to be at!! Exploring the trails is unbelievable!! There are various of different trails you can choose from. like half kilometer up to 5 km trails!! It is such a great experience to feel nature's environment!!!!

Scotty Dantimo

Loved it... ty

Dima Novok

Its our first time in this park very beautiful place we will come back again for sure

John McLean

It's a bit run down since its glory days but still a very nice place for a short hike or family picnic.

personalwellness services

Spring Water park in Barrie, Ont is protected area, I was here for one hour in natur. It's great place for meditation, please don't bring anything here

Carley K

We saw baby racoons and lots of wildlife. Not great bathrooms but that's kinda expected.

Roma Shmedryk

Great park!

OfficialG Tui

(Translated) It's super beautiful there. You can walk the trails for the day. Autumn is already changing the colors of the leaves. Not to be missed if you are on the way. (Original) C'est super beau là-bas. Tu peux marcher dans les sentiers pour la journée. L'automne change déjà les couleurs des feuilles. À ne pas rater si tu es en chemin.

Adam Leber

A nice day trip park for kids. the maps were hard to follow. Awesome climbing trees

Ryan Raynor

Good time. Twist and turns and surprises at every corner

Melissa Bernier

Beautiful park, thank you for having us. We cannot wait to come back and explore more and share it with our children. I used to go to Springwater park with my parents all the time when we were little for cross country skiing, picnics and to enjoy nature. I am glad that it remains open.

Rochelle C

I have been here a number of times now and it's a nice place to walk around and spend some time outdoors although it does need some work it is still beautiful

Michelle Pelletier

Best powwow ever

Alex Furman

Very quiet and peaceful.

Justo Janus

Great place

Philip Levett

A beautiful, natural space with trails throughout the forest. Totally chill.

Shady Hafez

Beautiful place!

Jai King-Green

Twas decent.

Corey Robertson

Awesome place to be Gate keeper is a step nice guy. Always has something cool to say about the park

Yan Chen

The park wa beautiul! There were several trails (red, blue, yellow, etc. ) and we took the longest red one (5 km). The trail was nice for the first 1/3, however the rest route was so muddy and in some places, extremely muddy. It is better to walk along this trail at least 5 days after the rain.

Simcoe County Roamer

Gorgeous spot for hiking. You can park at entrance. Trails are well marked.

Jay S_

It's peaceful site.

Shelby Wynia

Visited today and although I do love this park, it made me so sad to see it being overrun. It used to be such a great place to go for the day and now it seems to just be forgotten. …

kathy gardner

It's beautiful

Лилия Ковалева

A huge park, pretty quiet and clean.

Bob Zuruncle

It was great class trip. They teach a lot of very interesting and important things. I highly recommend it for school trips.

Andrew Coldrey

I remember when they had rescue animals and more play equipment

Michelle Banks

It is still very beautiful !. We did not have a problem with space. Picniced on the ground by the Pavillion and walked by the water then did the purple 2 km hiking trail!

Nick F

Miss the animals from when I was a kid

Edna Carswell

Beautiful

Terry Romanovitch

Very peaceful.

Jayne Zavitski

Great trails in summer and winter, nice facilities for a walk, picnic or to bring the kids to play on the playground.

Kevin Grubbe

Beautiful but easy trails. Large park and not crowded at all.

Ihor Palahnyuk

Visited on May 15,2021. Great customer service by greeting team at the entrance. It has only parking 5&6 open for visitors. There are 6 loops for walking. Trails are very muddy (5k trail) and get ready for an adventure if you want to come out clean. Picnic area was clean, but it feels like the glory of this park has past.

Zhaoyuan Zheng

Does not seems to be maintained at all. Picnic area is overgrown and there's tons of mosquitoes everywhere.

Lori Bowman

Great place to walk dogs off leash

Dan F

Good location for hiking and picnic. The trails are pretty good.

Nick Orieux

So peaceful out there and the park brings back many great memories as a child

Natalia Fedosova

Super muddy trail:)

Betty-Lou McCann

Staff are wonderful

khai toh

Beautiful park with nice walking/biking trails.

Ilia K

Nice place to visit

Jennifer Judd

Great place to enjoy the outdoors. Lovely trails for walking, snowshoeing or cross country skiing.

Ryan Pinto

Terrible trails as they aren’t maintained and basically swampy along the red trail. There were pool sized parts of the trail filled with water. We had to hike out of the bush to the roadway to get out.

Laura Pullman

Went to a pow wow here last summer and the park is absolutely beautiful. Clean restrooms and great beach area. Dogs allowed on leash with waste pick-up.

CL Wallace

Great place!

John Smith

Beautiful and clean park

Marlene Hall

Beautiful place.

Liisa Jay

Nice place for a hike! Although the the bathrooms should be open if you have to pay for parking.

Andrea Jordan

Not very well maintained. Not much to see.

Ashley D

I was very disappointed to see you have to pay to park. I went to pay the $3 rate for 2 hours with credit card, but it wouldn't accept it. We ended up parking along the side of the driveway and just walked from there. Walked the children's interpretative trail but didn't notice anything special about it. Easy trail for the kids.

조명자

Very good

Sebastian Mueller

It used to be a great provincial park when the animals were still there. It’s a relic from the past at the current time. Needs a refresh and investment. The up side is that it’s never busy!

Flash Liu

Very nature! Trail Sign are very clear

Sarah Leber

Beautiful park for a day trip. No swimming though.

Kendra Bursey

Amazing! We love it here and the interactive kids trail (1.5km) is super cute!

Hillary Handy

Went to burn some energy with kids on grey summery day...no parking lots were open, despite the park being virtually empty. We drove around full route twice. No park maps were available or any place to purchase Crests/Stickers or swag for …

Mark Tobin

Most excellent that our First Nations People have availed us of this beautiful property.

Tyler Atkinson

Good hiking. Provincial Park close to Barrie.

James Fletcher

nice space for a little nature walk easy walks and kid friendly

Kodalyn Winter

Peaceful, quiet and beautiful

Serena Dayman

A treasure. Buy a Provincial Park Pass at your favourite park. That money gives you parking at ALL provincial parks in Ontario. Some money goes towards maintenance of the park you purchased at. Winter maintenance along road and parking areas are still maintained.

Jason Cruickshank

Park was very clean. Would defiately go back again.