Is there anywone who could e-mail maps of the trail area north of bellvile ontario i here the trails are great and im heading up there on the 4 of aug. or any other area to go atving 2 to 3 hours north south east or west of toronto would be great thanks

 

Hi trailmen remember me??
You could try to search for trails on the net, or call some kind of information center to find trails. Their aren't many places here in southern ontario to ride other than farmers properties.
Good luck on finding trails and have a great time.

 

I don't have any suitable maps to email you but I can hopefully give you some directions. You will probably have to get either a topo map or a good highway map that shows some secondary roads ... here goes.

Take Hwy #62 North out of Belleville.
Go North until you reach the "SMALL" town of Bannockburn.
In Bannockburn you will find that the Bannockburn Road runs EAST ... it is located in the heart of town right next to the General Store I believe (town consisting of approx 1 km of highway frontage).
Take this road and follow it and it should come to a STOP sign by a paved road.
Continue straight through the STOP sign on the BANNOCKBURN Road EAST and it will start to narrow down into a dirt road that leads into a hydro right of way (a VERY LARGE hydro right of way).
Continue on this road (leads right up the hydro cut) and you will see a "parking area" located by a couple of cottages right next to the river (not the first one you come to by the bridge ... keep going). You will know when you get to the right spot as the "road" you are driving on now becomes less of a road ... and more of a tank track!!!
The "trail" is located here (you will see it on your left hand (north) side and it leads you in to Lingham Lake.
This trail is usually "very wet" and requires a river crossing (water level is USUALLY!!! ok for crossing at this time of year, even though there is a bridge for the "chicken").
At this crossing you will notice that there is a trail that leads off at 90 degrees to the river.
This trail "loops" around and will eventually bring you back onto the hydro cut several miles EAST of where you started.
If you cross the river ... this trail is about 7-8 km long and dead ends at Lingham Lake.
I would suggest riding into the lake first, then taking the loop back out to the hydro cut on the return journey.
Loop contains "tons-o-mud" and is "tons-o-fun" many "monster" trucks have gotten stuck in here on the May 24 weekend so it is good and gooey.

There are many other trails further EAST on this hydro cut.

One in particular is located on the SOUTH side of the road (approx 2 km) from where you originally parked the car. This leads through crap loads of beaver ponds/dams and is not for those that don't like playing "submarine" or are "faint of heart". (two bikes are recommended for this one as you can usually "drown" one without trying too hard!!!).

This trial might be a little bit harder to find, but I think there is only one other trail before you come to it that doesn't amount to much. You definitely will want to try this one out!!! (As you drive the hydro road EAST you pass a low lying fair sized pond on your left (then you will see about 1 km ahead where the "loop comes out on your left).
You will then pass a beaver pond on your right, and this trail is located on a fairly level piece of ground and turns back to the right, right behind a small hill. This trail leads into a small lake with a nice camping/picnic area. You have to find this one as it is even better than the Lingham Lake trail!!!!

I have a second area you can try, just East of Highway #37 out of Belleville and South of Tweed, but I will have to try and track down the road names for you in the next few days, as I don't know them, only how to get to them.

All of these areas are CROWN LAND and you will have no problems with access/property owners. The Lingham Lake trail is a good 2+ hours of biking with every mix of terrain you could probably want.

Let me know if I can be of any further help, but unfortunately I don't have my topo maps handy to scan for you.

If you go, let me know how you made out.

Chow for now.

 

This great gunnerm i try to follow the intruction looks like you know the trail well.I e-mailed adventure tours and they sayd there where 100"s of kl of trail open to the public at no cost id like to find these trails also

 

All you need to do is contact the local MNR offices (try Bancroft and Tweed) and ask them where you can get a hold of any maps that show the Crown land in their districts. These maps have literally hundreds of km's of Forest Access roads that can be driven by ATV. My In-laws have a cottage in the Bancroft District and I personally know of countless access roads (ranging from dirt track to hell roads) to ride on. You can go all day on these things and never even see another person.

These maps show roads that no regular road map is gonna show ... well worth obtaining.

If you go, be sure and let me know how you made out. I'll be taking the bike north on the long weekend again ... gotta get my hunting season firewood in.

Chow for now.