Adventure & Outdoors
Loop the Forest at Watershed Park
North Delta's 11-kilometre trail web through tall firs and cedars, best on hot days or grey ones, because the canopy handles both.
Watershed Park, main entrance on Kittson Parkway
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North Delta's 11-kilometre trail web through tall firs and cedars, best on hot days or grey ones, because the canopy handles both.
Watershed Park, main entrance on Kittson Parkway
More infoWatershed Park is North Delta's pocket of proper old-feeling forest, an 11 km web of trails through tall firs and cedars that makes you forget the highway next door. The rolling 6 km loop stays entirely under canopy, which is the trick: the trees do the climate work on a July scorcher or a November grey spell. A sunny meadow near the middle waits for lunch. Bring bug spray.
Start at the main Kittson Parkway entrance, where there's a free lot by the upper trail (Watershed has 7-plus entrances, but Kittson Parkway is the easiest to find and the standard trailhead). Drop straight into the forest, the whole appeal here is the canopy, so head in toward the tall firs and cedars first. The classic loop is a gently rolling 6 km of soft dirt trail almost entirely in the shade, with a few easy climbs and roots underfoot that keep it more interesting than a flat dyke but well short of a real hike. Aim for the open meadow and day-use area near the middle as your natural halfway rest and sunny photo break. Because it's nearly all under cover, this is your move when it's pouring or baking, the trees handle both. Keep an ear out for mountain bikers on the shared sections, and pack bug spray in summer. The date touch: it's hushed and green enough to feel like your own secret forest, so slow down and let the conversation wander. Don't miss the fern-filled gullies on the lower trails. Want it shorter? Do the Lower Loop, a flat-ish ~3 km, instead of the full circuit.
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