Reviews of Simon’s Point Trailhead (Zoo)

Muriel Burke

A nice trail though the woods to the shores of the Atlantic. It's narrow and definitely not a walk in the park, but can be completed in about an hour. Not handicap accessible, the trail can be a little steep and slippery for short stretches. We enjoyed the walk itself, and the view from the coastline is awesome.

Reg Donovan

Beautiful walk amazing views.

Erin Campbell

A wonderful little hike. A great path through the woods. I don’t think it is often used as there is so much moss on the path, and then you get to this wonderful, boulder and rock covered beach. Then the real treat - a couple of seals just off shore.

Melanie LeBlanc

Awesome hike, I went today on a dry day, it could be very wet some days like Erica said. Few parking spots off of Kennington Cove Road, marked with a sign "Simon's Point". Starts with half a kilometre of a woods trail (few fallen trees on the way) to eventually cross a nice brook. Then the beautiful ocean view opens up. Then, from the brook you can hike ~2km North-East following the shore to where eventually a point juts out a couple hundred meters from the shore. This gives an awesome view of the lighthouse, water tower, parts of the fortress, and the Bateston windmill which is about 15 km away. I guess this is where they call "Simon's Point" but i could be wrong. *The shore hike is not a well established trail, there are signs of an old footpath in some areas along the way. The rocky shores can be sketchy, dont trip and hurt yourself.

Matthew Peck

This was a great little walk. Not sure the distance as it wasn’t marked, but it took us under an hour to do with a 6 year old being the youngest. It starts with a wooded section then opens to a trail along the edge of the ocean. We saw a pitcher plant along the wooded section and some crowberries along the ocean section. The air was so refreshing along the ocean. I wouldn’t recommend doing this trail after a heavy rainfall as some sections were wetter than others.