Nokiidaa Trail System
- Aurora Sports Dome
- Dave and Buster's, Vaughan
- Jackson's Point Harbour, Georgina
- Markham Museum and Historic Village
- Markham Theatre for Performing Arts
- Toogood Pond, Unionville
- Wellington Gallery, Aurora
- Zooz Indoor Playground, Aurora
- Markham Skate Park
- Varley Art Gallery, Unionville
- Miller Avenue Off-Leash Dog Park, Markham
- Applewood Farm Winery, Stouffville
- Aurora Opera Company
- Markham Little Theatre
- Art of the Matter, Aurora
- Timber Creek Golf, Stouffville
- Elman W. Campbell Museum, Newmarket
- Of Rock and Chalk, Newmarket
- Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum
- Bare Oaks Naturist Park, Sharon
- Motus O Dance Theatre, Stouffville
- Latcham Gallery, Stouffville
- Willow Springs Winery, Stouffville
- Magic Hill, Stouffville
- York-Durham Heritage Railway, Stouffville
- Richmond Hill Live Steamers
- David Dunlap Observatory, Richmond Hill
- The Wave Pool, Richmond Hill
- Aurora Community Arboretum
- Markham Farmer's Market
- Markham Farmer's Market
- Attractions York Region
- Sharon Temple
- Sibbald Point Provincial Park, Georgina
- Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame, Vaughan
- King Township Museum, King City
- Heintzman House, Thornhill
- Markham Heritage Estates
- Puck's Farm, Schomberg
- Lake Wilcox, Richmond Hill
- The Ghost Canal, Newmarket
- Red Barn Theatre, Jackson's Point
- Dickson Hill Cemetery, Markham
- Reptilia Reptile Zoo, Vaughan
- Georgina Pioneer Village and Archives, Keswick
- Georgina Arts Centre and Gallery, Sutton
- Georgina Military Museum, Keswick
- Stephen Leacock Theatre of Performing Arts, Keswick
- Newmarket Theatre
- Flipside Skateboard Park, Aurora
- Theatre Aurora
- Canada's Wonderland, Maple
- Marylake Monastery, King City
- Nascar SpeedPark, Vaughan
- Kipling Gallery, Woodbridge
- Stouffville Country Market
- Curtain Club Theatre, Richmond Hill
- Opera York
- Newmarket Main Street Farmers' Market
- Kortright Centre for Conservation, Vaughan
- McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg
- Kingcrafts Visual Arts Guild, King City
- Polo for Heart, Richmond Hill
- York Regional Forest
- The Holland Marsh
- The Ponds of Lemonville
- Butterflies and Blooms Butterfly Conservatory, Baldwin
- Hillary House, Aurora
- Nanabush Trails, Georgina Island
- St. George's Anglican Church, Jackson's Point
- Eaglewood Resort and Nature Park, Pefferlaw
- Kingfest Music Festival
- Koffler Scientific Reserve, Joker's Hill
- Burd's Family Fishing, Whitchurch-Stouffville
Attractions
By: Rebecca Reid
The name “Nokiidaa” comes from the Ojibwa term meaning “walking together”. An appropriate designation for a sprawling domain travelled by many.
Stretching 20 kilometres from Aurora to Holland Landing, the Nokiidaa Trail System consists of a myriad of multi use trails with numerous access points. It is a convenient link through many town parks and greenspaces including Rogers Reservoir, Fairy Lake, Sheppard’s Bush and Mabel Davis to name a few. These are fabulous sites to discover a variety of trees and plant life as well as birds, fish, and a multitude of other wild animals. Most offer parking and lovely picnic areas. Activities are held year round at these stations.
Trail surfaces vary from natural, stone chip and rigid. The majority of the terrain is flat along the river valley and varies in degree of difficulty. For accomplished hikers and cyclists, the most challenging tracts are located between St. John’s Sideroad and Mulock Drive as well as from Rogers Reservoir and the Holland River.
The Nokiidaa Trail System links to the south with the Oak Ridges Moraine and is a part of the Oak Ridges Trail Association. It is also in the Ontario Trails Council, a not-for-profit organization promoting and preserving Ontario trails since 1988. This sustainable land is maintained by the individual municipalities, the Region of York and the Lake Simcoe Conservation Authority.
Since the area is not continuous, trail handbooks are recommended and are available from local municipal offices, the York Region Administrative Centre on Mulock Drive in Newmarket, by calling 1-888-448-0000 or online at
www.yorktourism.com.