Outdoors & Nature

Skyline Trail

Iconic boardwalk-ended headland trail with sweeping Gulf of St. Lawrence views, frequent moose sightings, and the most-photographed sunset in Atlantic Canada — reserve in peak season.

Inverness Shean Trail (part of Celtic Shores Coastal Trail)

Green Cove Trail – Cape Breton Highlands National Park

Ceilidh Coastal Trail (part of Celtic Shores Coastal Trail)

Lowland Cove Loop – Meat Cove

Chestico Trail (part of Celtic Shores Coastal Trail)

Baddeck Nordic Club

Mabou Rivers Trail (part of Celtic Shores Coastal Trail)

Tenerife Mountain

Salt Mountain Trail

Skye River Trail

Cape Mabou Highlands

Capelin Cove

Sugarloaf Mountain Trail

Short steep climb up a distinctive cone-shaped mountain over Aspy Bay.

MacIntosh Brook Trail

Flat streamside walk through tall hardwoods to a small waterfall.

Broad Cove Mountain Trail

Short steep climb to a panoramic ridge over Ingonish and the Atlantic.

Lone Shieling Trail

Tiny loop through 350-year-old maples to a replica Scottish crofter's hut.

Jigging Cove Lake Trail

Quiet flat loop around a small forest lake near Neil's Harbour.

Meat Cove Mountain Trail

Steep, rewarding climb behind the village to a Cape Breton summit panorama.

Polletts Cove Trail

Demanding 16-km wilderness hike to a roadless meadow-and-beach valley north of the national park.

Uisge Ban Falls Trail

Easy forest walk to a 15-metre waterfall tucked in a steep mossy gorge.

Cape Smokey Provincial Park Trail

Cliff-edge trail along a 366-metre headland with a gondola, suspension bridge, and viewing tower.

Cape Mabou Highlands Trails

Network of community-maintained ridge and shoreline trails high above the Northumberland Strait.

Aspy Trail

Gentle forest hike to a lookout over the broad Aspy Fault valley.

Fishing Cove Trail

Long descent to a remote backcountry beach and the only wilderness campground in the national park.

Coastal Trail

Rugged shoreline ramble between Black Brook and Halfway Brook with wave-carved cliffs and cobble beaches.

Acadian Trail

Steep climb above Cheticamp to a panoramic overlook of the Acadian coast.

Franey Trail

Steep climb to a granite summit with the best view of the Clyburn Valley and Atlantic coast.

Middle Head Trail

Easy peninsula walk past the Keltic Lodge to a tern-nesting headland between two bays.