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Difficulty: Easy-Moderate (distance).
Setting: Urban park, waterfront, beach, historic site.
Facilities: Bathrooms, parking, benches & picnic areas.
Signage: Information kiosks, maps interpretive panels and trail signage.
The city’s most popular park.
Well marked and maintained pathways.
Old fortifications and ocean views.
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Walking, Jogging & Biking
Point Pleasant Park, a beloved Halifax cornerstone encompasses 185 acres in the city’s South End. The #1 spot for Haligonians to walk the dog, go for a jog, or a bike ride (Weekends & holidays only, on a specific route, see map) for generations. The park is easily #accessible for all with scenic, diverse historic, natural beauty. This #family-friendly municipal day-use park is also an ideal place for a #picnic.
Off-Leash Dog Trails
The park is largely available for #off-leash dog walking, except for Sailors Memorial Way, Cambridge Drive and the parking lots. With plenty of garbage cans and dog bag dispensers, it well accommodates responsible dog walkers.
The wide crusher-dust based trails are regularly patrolled and have plenty of room for the large crowds who visit daily. The wooded trails are alive with a biodiverse array of natural beauty and home to a large population of friendly squirrels. There are plenty of benches and picnic tables throughout the park, so you don’t have to travel far to find a spot to sit, enjoy and hang out with the wildlife.
History Meets Natural Beauty
One of the region’s best #historic sites, the park began as a fortress due to its strategic location in the Halifax Harbour defence network. Remnants of the harbour defence fortifications also exist on McNabs Island and York Redoubt.
Its military use began in the mid-1700s and ended after the first world war, but the remnants of old fortifications (much of it built from stone from “King’s Quarry” in the Purcell’s Cove Backlands can still be seen today. The Point Pleasant Battery, Fort Ogilvie, the Northwest Arm Battery, Cambridge Battery, and the oldest Martello Tower in North America; the Prince Of Wales Tower are scattered through the park in varying stages of disrepair.
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Memorials of great historic significance also dot the park and pay tribute to the importance of Halifax’s Naval Past. For more info on Halifax’s military heritage, I highly recommend checking out the Halifax Military Heritage Society and supporting their mission to promote and preserve Halifax’s military heritage.
Black Rock Beach
With great views of the mouth of Halifax Harbour and the NorthWest Arm, there are plenty of places to sit and enjoy the serenity. The park’s “Black Rock Beach”, where pirates were once hung, enjoys a much more peaceful existence today. A place to play in the sand, go for a swim or as a launch point for #paddling busy Halifax Harbour or to Sir Sandford Fleming Park on the Northwest Arm.
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The Heart Of Halifax, NS
The park can be fairly crowded at peak times, but in general, it is a calm experience. Whether you want to take in a play at Shakespeare by the sea, take the family for a Sunday stroll, or shed some pounds with some scenic exercise this is the place to be in Halifax.
The true heart of the city resides in Point Pleasant Park and it continues beating from season to season, generation after generation through natural and man-made disasters.
Point Pleasant Park Habitat:
American Red Squirrel | Acadian Forest | Bunchberry | …more
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