Nova Scotia trails · Lake hikes

Lake hikes in Nova Scotia

163 trails in Nova Scotia reach a named lake. Ranked by our data-richness score; every link opens the full stats or the live map.

Trail	Length	Gain	Reaches
South Granite Ridge Trail	5.3 mi	331 ft	Granite Lake, Eunice Lake
Admiral Lake Trail	3.1 mi	283 ft	Eunice Lake, Admiral Lake
Liberty Lake Loop	30.9 mi	227 ft	Big Dam Lake, Little Liberty Lake
Mi'kmaw Hill Loop	4.8 mi	97 ft	Indian Hill, Upper Marsh Lake
Pot Lake Loop	3.4 mi	128 ft	Cranberry Lake, Pot Lake
Kenomee Canyon Trail	10.2 mi	548 ft	Newton Lake
Minister Hill Trail	5.2 mi	178 ft	Camp Hill Lake, Minister Hill
Hobsons Lake Loop	1.9 mi	100 ft	Hobsons Pond, Hobsons Lake
Aspy Trail	6.9 mi	1,474 ft	Campbells Lake
Long Lake - Main Trail	1.5 mi	42 ft	Cranberry Pond, Hail Pond
Old Annapolis Road Hiking Trail	4.2 mi	140 ft	Rees Lake, Rafter Lake
Evil Birch Wilderness Trail	2.1 mi	152 ft	Bad Luck Falls, Fox Lake
Hiking Trail (West Dover Provincial Park)	2.4 mi	106 ft	Codline Mountain, Long Lake
Coastal Trail	3.6 mi	37 ft	Ridge of Rocks, Little Pond
Long Lake Wilderness Trail - Dunbrack Loop	1.4 mi	63 ft	Cranberry Pond, Hail Pond
Gully Lake Trail	6.7 mi	505 ft	Gully Lake
Salmon River Loop	2.4 mi	202 ft	Crowbar Lake, Otter Lake
Franey	1.8 mi	1,074 ft	MacDougalls Lake, look off
Little Hirtles Beach Trail	0.2 mi	64 ft	Dry Spitz Pond, Lily Pond
Lobster Loop	1.1 mi	216 ft	Barren Lake, Look-off
Charlies Lake Loop	1.2 mi	88 ft	Charlies Pond, Charlies Lake
Channel Lake Loop	8.6 mi	76 ft	Channel Lake
Wetlands Trail	1.6 mi	106 ft	Clarke Lake, Thompson Lake
Earltown Lake & Portage Trail	3.6 mi	121 ft	Taylors Lake, Earltown Lake
Mica Hill Trail	2.4 mi	472 ft	Mica Hill, Paquets Lake
Branch Pond Lookoff	4.7 mi	881 ft	Branch Pond
Fountain Lake North Trail	2.0 mi	199 ft	Duck Pond, Fountain Lake
Hay Marsh Loop	4.5 mi	202 ft	Upper Five Bridge Lake
Flat Lake Loop	1.6 mi	126 ft	Duck Pond, Flat Lake
Port Joli Head Trail	2.8 mi	94 ft	Boyds Beach, Head Pond
Lakeview Trail	1.6 mi	66 ft	Catamaran Pond, Witherod Lake
West Lake Loop	2.7 mi	200 ft	West Lake
Kearney Lake Trail	0.6 mi	80 ft	Kearney Lake, Paddlers' Ridge
Chezzetcook Lake Water Access	0.4 mi	134 ft	Paint Lake, Chezzetcook Lake
Charlies Lake Trail	0.5 mi	61 ft	Charlies Lake, Paddlers' Ridge
Maskwa Club Trail	0.4 mi	75 ft	Charlies Lake, Kearney Lake
Granite Lake Falls Portage	0.6 mi	63 ft	Granite Lake Falls, Granite Lake
Lake Banook Trail	1.1 mi	31 ft	Sullivans Pond, Lake Banook
Long Lake Woods Path	0.4 mi	55 ft	Cranberry Pond, Long Lake
BBATV 5K Trail - Sandy Lake to Windmill Access	2.5 mi	206 ft	Sandy Lake
Portage (Grand Lake-Ragged Lake)	0.3 mi	29 ft	Grand Lake, Ragged Lake
Ash Lake Portage	0.1 mi	22 ft	Fox Lake, Ash Lake
Lake Lake - Cranberry Pond Trail	0.4 mi	17 ft	Cranberry Pond, Hail Pond
Long Lake Wilderness Trail	0.0 mi	0 ft	Catamaran Pond, Long Lake
Portage	0.0 mi	1 ft	Crowbar Lake, Woody Lake
Colpitt Lake Trail	2.3 mi	60 ft	Colpitt Lake
Ash Lake Wilderness Trail	2.1 mi	52 ft	Ash Lake
Cape St. Lawrence trail	1.9 mi	755 ft	Big Pond
Gabarus Gull Cove Trail	4.6 mi	113 ft	Bear Cove Pond
Lake William Trail	1.6 mi	60 ft	Lake William
Cleveland Lake Trail	3.0 mi	328 ft	Cleveland Lake
Duck N Run	1.6 mi	70 ft	Duck Pond
Allens Lake Memorial Path	1.4 mi	117 ft	Allens Lake
Flat Lake	1.0 mi	97 ft	Flat Lake
Bayer Lake Trail	0.5 mi	136 ft	Bayer Lake
Unmaintained Trail	1.0 mi	65 ft	Cranberry Lake
Cumberland Trails 368	1.0 mi	81 ft	Salt Lake
Crane Lake Portage	0.8 mi	46 ft	Crane Lake
Lake Loop Old Climb (unsanctioned)	0.3 mi	71 ft	Duck Pond
Warren Lake	3.3 mi	44 ft	Warren Lake