Reviews of Wilkins Walk (Park)

Tamer Tatlici

Amazing

Kyra Freer

Awesome winding trail that feels like its set farther apart from the city then it is. Tons of birds and plants to see depending on the time of year, a stream that runs through. If you feel like exploring off the path you can follow the stream which ends at the beach which is usually never very busy

Tara Orosz

The best

Rishi Parihar

Too crowded. Lots of garbage.

leah ciano

It was a good mix of easy and not so easy trails. I was able to push my daughter in a stroller.

Pine and Penny

Garbage everywhere. Broken glass in water.

Sebastian

Excellent little beach hidden away just past Tyndale beach in Barrie. What a gem ????

Robert N

Amazing quiet really private little beach...a hidden gem in Barrie

James Lacey

Never went there

Isabelle radley

There are a lot of sharp rocks and zebra muscles but it's really pretty and the view is gorgeous

Jeff Weeks

Great sand beach!

Polar Arts Photography

One of the most peaceful places in Barrie

Trina M

Beautiful trail in the city of Barrie leading to a quaint little beach. Please pick up after yourself. Respect nature. Non-residents will be ticketed without a resident parking pass.

UltimateDrivers Barrie

best trail around without going far! 6 km round trip from my home near Mapleview and Sunking area. Parts remind me of Belfountain near Caldedon.

João Alexandre Silva

Nice place to visit

Peter Mavreas

nice and quiet beach

David Kooi

Always beautiful. But parking is non existent and small beach is usually crowded

Ashley

best place to catch and release frogs, with connor

Kitty Universe

Very tiny beach

Charlie 3

I like this one cuz it's super private. Like my parts

Kaitlyn White

Rude ppl, nice trail.

Joanne Black

Awesome trails and a great view of the lake at sunset! I'm definitely going back through the daytime!

Ron Fischer

Really nice walking trail, only problem is it can be challenging to park anywhere near by. If anyone has any suggestions please pass it on

Paul Griffin

An excellent trail. Easy walk, great views

Anandan K

A place to relax

Marcos Borges

Nice place although it's small and it was really busy this weekend.

Sam Brooks

My favourite beach in Barrie, very secluded. Only downside is the increase in popularity, used to be empty 24/7 but these days don't expect it.

Diana Boyes

Stunning views. Private and quiet

Brett Leahy (tysonmax)

Best beach in Barrie!

Mehedi Anik

Amazing view!

Gennady Gerun

Nice little patk

Erin H

Beautiful park in the city with a small beach.

Miguel Fajardo

Very nice

shelby prentice

Great trails. Need to be marked clearer. Waste containers ensure a clean enjoyable space for all!

Tina Mcleod

Great place to anchor down n swim

Jeremy Hanlon

Great spot!

Richard Harasewich

Barrie's best kept secret...a true gem

Darton Ramjass

The city closed this as a beach area, but you can still go there. We bike through the forest which is pretty nice.

Marc B

Nice small beach but the stones are annoying

Humberto Domingues

We are blessed to be able to do this walk every day. The truth is we don't. Not sure why. Lazy I guess. Isn't It beautiful? Will be frozen soon.

Jim Brandon

Peacefully

Charles Eckensviller

Great!

Sierra van Arragon

A favourite walk of mine, it's always great to head down to the lake. Beautiful creek and beach :)

David Liu

Great for adventure :D

Prasanth Menon

Great place for a quick hike through the woods

Cheryl L Bullock

It is beautiful at Wilkies Walk. My sister used to take her dogs there for walks.

jo black

Best sunsets awesome trails!

Marina Bulat

Excellent place

HELP

Hard to find ,but calm

Anu Hallimäe-Stevens

Beautiful quiet beach

Mehmet Uğurlu

Great place to swim, relax and having picnic. For swimming the beach has stone but in swimming area has a pretty good sand

Sterling Stevens

Hidden get! If Centennial is too busy for you, this is the place to go. Shallow water, and warmer than most other places!

D Stacks

Pretty cool spot feels private. Would be 5star just wasn't a fan of the rocky water. Some shady spots and can park for free near the houses.

Harrison Fisher

Great place but beware of parking. The guy who lives right next to the beach entrance will call the cops to come ticket you if you park in front of his house.

Shaun Moon

What an absolute amazing slice of heaven this is. It's very well maintained and gorgeous. Well groomed paths and a small quaint beach with an excellent view. My wife surprised me with this little place, and well definitely be back.

Vivian Manning

Great place for a beautiful sunrise, quiet small beach and country hike inside the city

Creig Bale

A little oasis in Barrie

Александр

Great park!!!

Oz

Small area

Melanie Orr

Such a beautiful trail.

Andrew Michon

Mostly quite but can get fairly busy, parking isn't the best

Anne

This is a nice walking trail. Busy with dogs and people. Trails are stroller accessible.

Boris Okner

Beautiful view, quiet place.

Mandie Copegog

Very beautiful and nice and quiet

T Ippolito

Can be a great place but if busy (weekend) you may want to avoid. Good luck finding parking or expect a ticket if you do not have a pass. No washrooms along the way but good spot for a few hours. Construction currently being done on creek so limited place to layout a towel.

David Ray

Beautiful and relatively private spot, watch out for zebra mussels if you decide to take a dip! Maybe wear watershoes and keep an eye on the kids fingers.

Donna Hartin

Beautiful place for a walk and small beach

Carrie Powell Ruttan

Quiet nature sanctuary

S. Tavares

Love it here I'm so glad I live down the street. It's beautiful it's such a beautiful hidden gem.

Bosmat Kamchaji

Great for all the family, Easy hike (even though you can find some paths that are a bit more challenging). Need to think before you come if you dont want to go to a crowded beach...last time we came it was very quiet so we really enjoyed it

Don Bouchard

Great spot

Les Baczynski

No place to park vehicle.

Joy D

This is not a beach. It is a bit of sand at the end of a small trail. Street parking only and vehicles who do not have a Barrie Parking Pass will be ticketed. Stay out of environmentally protected stream. No washrooms, and dogs need to be leashed.

Rob Stewart

You can't really get there without walking so I can't even call it a beach.

Rocio Lizarraga

My favorite spot.

hoople212

I grew up here and I love it

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savana555

Noce park and small beach

Eugene Akimov

Nice small beach with trail though the park along a creek.

Brad Bennett

Beautiful scenery, trails are a little busy but people are friendly overall.

Albert F

Small beach but private in early morning. Lots of mosquitos though.

Branch Manager

Nice forest and walk. Just wish there was an easier route for strollers. Beautiful place though

Mahbod Nikfal

A good trail for locals

Allison

The beach is a very small beach however the trail along the river is beautiful! It's maybe a 30 minute light walk. Tons of trees and birds. Not busy on a Sunday. Water is crystal clear. Beach has a little walkout to get closer to the water.

John Ferrier

Nice place. Nothing spectacular

Tommy Kay

A great local hike with beach and streams. Awesome in any season! My favourite is the winter ❄️

金玫Barrie 华人地产经纪 Mei Jin

It's chilly. The stairs are closed.

Matheus

The trees during this time are looking amazing. So beautiful

Carla

nice more secluded beach for those who don't like crowds. But the swimming area has quite a few stones....so lake shoes are recommended. If you like forests, there is a lovely forest attached to this beach alongside hewitt's creek. beautiful and meditative. Getting to the beach area involves walking down steep woody trails.

mark gabriel

A hidden gem that needs to be explored.

Liza Raytsin

such a beautiful trail that brings you to a little beach. Very quite, clean and peaceful.

Emil Penev

Tiny beach packed on weekend. Not safe during pandemic times!

Angela Watkins

This is a lovely hidden gem in Barrie. I recommend parking in the shade at Valley View Park, just off Crimson Ridge Road and walking through the trail to the beach area. Nice natural area full of wildlife that the kids enjoyed watching. Quiet beach area and some shade.

Tracy Haesler

We took our rambunctious dog here today and she had a great time fetching sticks in the lake. There are many well maintained paths to walk along.

Givealittlelife

Amazing trail

PURAV TAILOR

Wilkins Beach visited few ago. It is small beach. Not many people know about it and thats why you will find handful of people there. Sometimes none. There is small trail around it where you cam walk which is accompanied by small streams of fresh water. Small bridge is also located nesr by. It is very peefect place for nature lover. Yiu can take your bike there as well. Different ways to reach to the beach.

Marlise Cipriano

Very secluded small beach, great for a relaxing day without the crowd! Lots of ducks in this area too

Kezliegh

It's very pretty and peaceful. The beach looks sandy and not weedy. It would be a nice place to bring a date.

Amy Hutchison

Nice little trail, but usually quite busy

Clara Burgos

Great place

Adam Nymann

Beautiful spot. Saw a baby beaver!

Dan Nelson

Great sandy beach with easy boat access.

Bob Barrie

Outstanding area of natural beauty along Hewitt's Creek as it enters Kempenfelt Bay in Barrie. Lovely small beach front. Nicely maintained by the City during the summer season. Some visitors do not respect this park by leaving garbage and dog droppings. Not suggested for those who may be mobility impaired. No washrooms or dedicated parking space.

Christopher Gomes

Great views off Lake Simcoe, with access to a beach, trails and beautiful wildlife nature ????????️???? ????

Leigh Payne

Discovered this place walking on the trails around Barrie. Hidden little gem

Logan McCaughey

absolute garbage. my family and I were disgusted by the sight of needles on the small sand bit and dident even go in the water never going back!

Al Parker

Beautiful spot with access from walking trails

Mahmood Amir

It's new place for us we find it through Google Maps every thing is very very nice and beautiful, it's small but nice.we did BBQ there,

Joel Hartley

Cute little nostalgic trail that weaves through the woods, by a creek where fish are hatching and jumping, an otter or two are damming and squirrels are always collecting acorns. As it changes through the seasons I love walking over the bridge over the creek, and seeing it in all its glory, then looking out over Kempenfelt Bay and seeing the waterfront properties and boats jostle over the waves.

Deb Bee

Our favourite place to get outside in Barrie

Olivia Stewart

A beautiful, quiet place. Can be busy with families sometimes on nice days. Very limited street parking available, and it is a steep walk to the very small beach, not very suitable for older adults or very small children. The walking trails are very nice.

Edward Chadderton

Great spot on Lake Simcoe...

Farhad Shahbazloo

Love it , beutiful nature .

Zach L

The peaceful steam runs towards a quiet little beach. Lots of opportunities for beautiful photos!

Avry J

A must walk in the Barrie area! Especially in October :)

Mona Levasseur

Beautiful walk down to Wilkins beach

Jennifer McAfee

We love doing this walk with our kids and pup. We often remark how lucky we are to live so close to such beautiful trail.

Ruddra P. Singh

Nice beach, just needs less people then its like a private beach.

Garwain Blackwood

Beautiful!

Liz Arsenault

great little park

Melissa Bernier

Wilkins is so beautiful, water is fresh, beach is clean. I just wish that dogs were allowed in the water there!

Rebecca L

It's a little confusing if you don't know where exactly to zig or zag, but if you get in at the right entrance you'll get to where you probably meant to go. If not, getting lost is still worth it. Thank goodness we had the jogging stroller! Would definitely go again.

John Wiens

Ssshhhhh! Don't tell anyone!

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Small, busy. No fishing spot.

Randy Stevenson

Close to home and fairly private

Kenny Stevely

The beach area is very small, it was so busy (and noisy) that my kids wanted to go home soon after we arrived. Perhaps part of the reason was that one of them cut his foot on the zebra mussels, there is only a narrow area to enter the water to avoid them. We came with high hopes after reading other reviews but were very disappointed. There are no washrooms so this is not an ideal spot for families with young children as it seemed that everyone was going into the woods to use them as a washroom. All in all it was just too busy and small.

Tomer Levin

A hidden gem

Schmidt Juri

Very nice

Mike Konarski

Stunning park!

Alex Kalinins

Beautiful and quiet. Shallow and warm

Scott Curran

Beautiful little hideaway, but the beach is too rocky.

Abdurrahman Aydin

Clean beach...

Chris Langford

Fabulous little beach. Great for little ones.

강혜진

A nice and cozy beach. Less crowded than other beaches. But parking area does not exist.

Tanya Zafar

Beautiful small beach that you can walk to through a nice trail. Perfect for a lazy day out with family.

john frisina

Very nice little trail.

Jay Lapointe

Beautiful scenery

jeff kaulback

Nice place to go down for a walk to the beach

Colin

Just a beautiful walk on lake simcoe. Wish it was still hidden

Agnes C

Great morning walks!

Devin Shanahan

Awful beach... crowded with people with nowhere to sit, no washrooms and people dropping dirty diapers everywhere. NEVER coming back!

Will Smith

Love the little bridge over the stream and the beach, a great little trail

frank puleio

Lake is frozen over but lots of people are enjoying the walk to the lake.

Glen Fletcher

Seems like a really nice place... Residents near by are less than friendly though as they called the police pretty quick to issue a parking ticket... We just wanted to check the area out...

Kristina Gougeon

One of my favorite places to go for a hike and look out on the water. A quiet little beach with great trails through the forest, always nice to watch the sunset.

Dylan Taylor

Great trail and beautiful river to check out

Bob Zuruncle

For local residents only due to parking.

Elizabeth Thomas

DO NOT GO THERE! small beach, water is full of duck poop and bacteria. It's ALWAYS busy and stinks like garbage! No life guard and the locals are rude to newcomers. Better to go to Johnson's beach or Centennial.

Hafiz Aslam

Good quite area

Crystal lee Reid

Nice walk for myself and my puppy nice scenery

sanat patel

Superb

Natalie Batich

Gorgeous. Nature at it's best. What a gem x

Douglas Browne

Beautiful view...

Rett Ovens

Beautiful walk, but no parking available nearby

Dan Hrabarchuk

Pretty walk.

Apoli Mokrzec

Peaceful and beautiful

Katie Bennett

Always a fun and easy time. The water isn't very deep but can have some waves. The sand is rocky so I recommend water shoes or Crocs when you're in the water. There's no washrooms so make sure you go before coming. Lots of shady areas and a stream for the pets.

Nik Saturno

Great paved waterfront trail for walking and biking

Rick Rae

Wasn't there

miss V

Love the trail to the beautiful beach

Carol Mills

beautiful place

Jodes Bosse

Beauty spot

hotmom bot

Love this beach but being patrolled by Parks Cops probably for the rest of the summer. They're handing out fines if you cross them. I heard it's called Operation Buzzkill. The poor people suffer and have their outdoor spaces taken from them but the riche who can afford their own waterfront properties are free. We love it.

Darryl White

Nice LOCAL beach but getting to busy with dogs and Millennials

Maddy K

Private and quiet

Laila Hammond

Trails are too busy

Breathe and Smile

Just a beautiful spot on the bay.

Harun Ozcan

Perfect to

Jason Kaufman

Great place to hang out with the family

Vipul Virani

Trail are so refreshing!!!

Tony Gravina

Beautiful, quiet, clean beach . We are so lucky to live here.

Trevor Wood

It's sandy!

Steve Handley

Challenging walk. Lots of up and down hills. Very peacefully and beautiful. Especially running next to the creek.

Michael Sirois

Beautiful hidden gem.

Robert Venditti

It's great when it's not too packed

Lisa Jordan

Such a beautiful spot

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Tranquil

ZhiLin Ye

The park is good. But you will get a parking ticket if you don’t have the parking permit.

Kelly Davis

Wilkins Beach was a wonderful little spot but sadly these days it has been overrun by visitors. Locals are finding needles, dirty diapers, broken glass, trash and human waste. There are no washroom facilities and visitors are using the bush nearby. The human waste and toilet tissue will be washed into the swimming area when it rains, very disgusting. For safety reasons I would not want to swim there and I would be worried about children and pets stepping on glass or finding a syringe on the beach. Here's hoping the City of Barrie can make some positive changes there before it's too late.

Victoria M

Great beach, not crowded and more like private

Reidr 1

Nice views, great spot for a short walk.

Paul Klucznyk

Great place and dogs can go up to the beach area.

Judith Aubin

No where to park, garbage everywhere, broken bottles in the sand... not a great location at all

Karla Clarke

Excellent get away! Great fishing lots of cabins to choose from. Great for everyone.

Kevin Amerlinck

Great place to anchor off of

Yana S

A great place to relax, tan and swim. Beware of the military airport nearby... those planes are loud.

april schwarz

Great place to walk thru.