Cape Chignecto Provincial Park Trails: Eatonville to Visitor Centre

Record #: MCC0059

Last Modified: 11 Apr 2019

Last Full Update: 24 Jul 2017

Location

Located In	Advocate Harbour
Where To Find Us	Cape Chignecto Provincial Park 1108 West Advocate Rd Advocate Harbour, NS
Areas Served	Atlantic Canada

Contact Information

Social Media
Website	parks.novascotia.ca/content/cape-chignecto
E-Mail	parkinfo@novascotia.ca
Phone	Cape Chignecto Provincial Park: 902-392-2085 (From mid-May to mid-October) Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation Division: 902-662-3030 (mid-October to mid-May) Reservation Information Only: 1-888-544-3434

Information

Cape Chignecto Provincial Park offers a spectacular experience of Nova Scotia's coastline and wilderness. There are multiple hiking options with a range in difficulty rating. The trail Eatonville to the Visitors Centre is a 14 km return trail, which provides an inland hiking experience until McGahey Brook, where a coastal route leads back to the visitor centre at Red Rocks. There are walk-in/hike-in sites at Eatonville, and a bunkhouse between the two locations.

There are several camping options at Cape Chignecto; 28 walk-in sites, 41 back-country sites, sea kayaking accessible sites and wilderness cabins and bunkhouses are available. Reservations can be arranged online, or by calling 1-888-544-3434 from within North America, or 519-826-5301 from outside of North America. There are no drive up sites available at this park.

There are three campgrounds nearby with drive-up sites available: ADDA Fundy Tides Campground (five kilometres from Cape Chignecto), Old Shipyard Beach Campground (eleven kilometres from Cape Chignecto), Glooscap Park and Campground (fifty kilometres from Cape Chignecto).

A brochure of Cape Chignecto Provincial Park can be found here. (Link opens in new tab.)

Dates

Open from May to October

Special Information

Categories - Trail & Water Route Specific

Hiking Trails ; Ocean Routes ; Provincial Park Trails