Bruce Peninsula National Park: map

9 places with verified coordinates · 8 with photo

Offers in the park · 4

GetYourGuide
From Toronto: Bruce Peninsula National Park guided day trip ↗
4.4 out of 5 stars189 reviews on GetYourGuidefrom €149.03as of 4 Oct
Pickup points 895 Courtneypark Dr E (Mississauga) and 904 Dufferin St in Toronto; return to Wilson and Dufferin subway stations.
GetYourGuide
From Toronto: Bruce Peninsula & Tobermory day trip ↗
4.4 out of 5 stars11 reviews on GetYourGuidefrom €99.14as of 4 Oct
Yorkdale subway station (TTC), exit to Yorkdale Mall; the driver is there about 10 minutes before the start.
Boat tour · Fathom Five National Marine Park · Viator
From Tobermory: private boat tour to the Grotto and Flowerpot Island ↗Start on the map
Park authority programme · evening · Bruce Peninsula park authority (Parks Canada)
Night sky programmes with the park authority at Cyprus Lake and Singing Sands ↗Campground Hub at Cyprus Lake Campground and Singing Sands on the Lake Huron side of the park. Times are posted at the Campground Hub, the campground office and the visitor centre in Tobermory.

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Mountains & rock

The GrottoCave

Arrival

Parks Canada Visitor CentreVisitor centre

Where to stay

Cyprus Lake CampgroundCampground

Surroundings

Flowerpot IslandOther protected area
TobermoryCommunity outside the park

Arrival · Visitor centre

Parks Canada Visitor Centre

Chi sin tib dek Rd, Tobermory. Coordinates published by the park authority itself. Parking first come, first served; no access to the Grotto from here.

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45.25741, -81.65563

Surroundings · Community outside the park

Tobermory

Village at the northern tip of the peninsula, outside the park. Ferry port of the MS Chi-Cheemaun and departure point for boats to Flowerpot Island.

Guided from here · Ad

Boat tour · Fathom Five National Marine Park From Tobermory: private boat tour to the Grotto and Flowerpot Island ↗

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45.25336, -81.66501

Mountains & rock · Cave

The Grotto

Natural cave at the water’s edge, one kilometre on foot from the parking lot. Parking reservation mandatory from 1 May to 31 October, in four-hour slots.

A cave washed out of the limestone, where the water of Georgian Bay glows green. The park’s best-known site, and the reason there is a reservation requirement here at all.

What it is: A natural cave at the water’s edge, next to Indian Head Cove.
Trail: 1 km from the parking lot; about an hour there and back including the shoreline.
Reservation: Mandatory from 1 May to 31 October.
Time slots: 8:00–12:00, 9:00–13:00, 12:00–16:00, 13:00–17:00, 16:00–20:00, 17:00–21:00.
Access road: Via Cyprus Lake Road; it is closed to pedestrians.
Without a reservation: Reachable from Cyprus Lake Campground.
Open: all year; only the reservation requirement is seasonal.

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45.24520, -81.52419

Water · Cove

Indian Head Cove

Rocky cove right next to the Grotto, with turquoise water between white limestone terraces. Same access road and same reservation requirement.

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45.24518, -81.52255

Water · Lake

Cyprus Lake

The inland lake where the campground lies. The trail to the Grotto starts here.

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45.23218, -81.53004

Cyprus Lake in Bruce Peninsula National Park near the campground: clear, shallow water with stones on the shore in front of dense forest under a blue sky — Photo: GoginkLobabi ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗

Where to stay · Campground

Cyprus Lake Campground

232 sites and 10 yurts, drinking water and dry toilets. Coordinates published by the park authority. From here the Grotto can be reached without a parking reservation.

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45.22594, -81.52477

Pale cobble beach in Bruce Peninsula National Park on a turquoise bay, wooded limestone cliffs behind, a few people at the water — Photo: jockrutherford from Owen Sound, ON ↗ · CC BY-SA 2.0 ↗

Water · Beach

Halfway Log Dump

Cobble beach on Georgian Bay with access to the Bruce Trail. Access via Emmett Lake Road; reservation from 19 June to 7 September, six-hour slots.

A beach of pale cobbles below the cliffs, much quieter than the Grotto, and with six-hour instead of four-hour time slots.

What it is: Cobble beach on Georgian Bay with access to the Bruce Trail.
Reservation: Mandatory from 19 June to 7 September.
Time slots: 7:00–13:00 and 14:00–20:00.
Off season: 8 September to 18 June self-registration at the parking lot.
Access road: Via Emmett Lake Road; it is closed to pedestrians.
In six hours: A longer stretch of shoreline or the Bruce Trail on the cliffs, or both.

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45.23261, -81.47646

Water · Beach

Singing Sands

Flat sandy beach on the Lake Huron side. Parking first come, first served; full early in the morning.

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45.19139, -81.57756

Surroundings · Other protected area

Flowerpot Island

The island with the famous rock pillars belongs to Fathom Five National Marine Park, not to Bruce Peninsula National Park. Boats leave from Tobermory.

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45.30071, -81.62595

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