Ontario trails · Ottawa-Temiskaming Highland Trail
Ottawa-Temiskaming Highland Trail
A 14.2-mile out-and-back in Ontario, with 797 ft of climbing. Reaches Little Mountain Lake and other lake destinations.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the first third: 48% of the ascent falls between mile 0.0 and mile 4.7. It gives back about 1,643 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
NRCAN MRDEM ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Little Mountain Lake (lake)
- Price's Lake (lake)
- Little Trout Lake (lake)
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Getting there
Ottawa-Temiskaming Highland Trail access — parking nearby. 47.12414, -79.49055 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:03 a.m., the sun rises at 7:34 a.m. and sets at 6:32 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:03 p.m. (EDT) — 10 h 58 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 28.3-mile round trip works out to roughly 11 h 17 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.
Loop options
- Ottawa-Temiskaming Highland Trail + Ottawa-Temiskaming Highland Trail (Crevasse Trail) + Friday Lake Loop — 9.1 mi loop, 1,203 ft gain
- Ottawa-Temiskaming Highland Trail + Cliff Lake Loop + Friday Lake Loop — 9.7 mi loop, 1,174 ft gain
- Inland High Trail + Ottawa-Temiskaming Highland Trail — 14.1 mi loop, 3,437 ft gain