TRAIL DETAILS

Heritage Road — New Harmony Road

Touring Region — Points East Coastal Drive
Trail Location — New Harmony

Trail Quick Facts
Difficulty Rating: 1.0 
Length: 1.2 km
Structure: Point-to-Point
GPS Location: 46.370029,-62.210426
Environment: Rural
Surface Type: Clay Road
Wonderful hardwoods, interspersed with softwood, combine to form a leafy canopy where sunlight dapples onto this rich clay passage, creating a brilliant green "tunnel". On the eastern side of the road the Provincial Department of Energy and Forestry operates a demonstration woodlot, which lends an educational aspect as well as aesthetic appeal. Visitors are welcome to tour this site.

Approximate Time to Complete —  20 minutes
Times are estimated assuming that the average person travels 4km/hr.
Time should be added for significant elevation gain/loss.
Information & History
Once part of a thriving agricultural community where French, Irish, English and Scottish nationalities settled, most of the farmland has been reclaimed by woodland. Today the road is used as an access to property, and a scenic drive and shortcut to the north shore. During Prohibition years, the remoteness of the road made it a prized location for rumrunners to hide illegal cargo unloaded from boats lying off the north shore.
Directions
Northeast of Souris, one of the finest scenic heritage roads in the section of the New Harmony Road (Rte. 303) that runs from the Greenvale Road to the Tarantum Road (Rte. 304) for a distance of 1.2 km.

Google Maps Co-ordinates — 46.370029,-62.210426 »