Bendor – Park Trail

Length – 7 km
100% park path

Elevation – small hills, gentle slopes

Terrain – treed wide paths, smooth packed soil, mulch, leaves, sand, open field on eastside

Skill – intermediate

Maps – map at trailhead, no sign posts

Facilities – street parking on Kennedy Rd. dead end, parking lot on McCowan Rd.

Highlights – well treed close to TO, not well known, quite

Trail Fee – free

Phone – 1 877 464 9675 

Website – York Regional Forest

Similar Trails – Eldred King,  Whitchurch, Awenda

Local Clubs – Toronto Bicycle Club

Access – use entrance on Kennedy Rd. also access from McCowan Rd. that has a parking lot.

The Bendor & Graves Tract is an intermediate park type bike ride but not yet inviting for the MTB crowd.

Though not paved it has wide rolling paths in the woods with few obstacles to trick you up.

I encountered a few soft muddy patches, but no surprises. Hills are few and gentle. I found a few short single track trails you could explore.

At 7 km this is a short loop and almost did not make the cut, but being so close to Toronto, quiet and ideal to take family/friends for a quick spin, here it is.

Use the trailhead/parking on Kennedy Rd. above Davis Dr. which is a dead end.

As you ride northeast on the path you will eventually reach an open field of newly planted trees. One can cycle further but expect a boring straight path through a field to the McCowan Rd. dog pen and parking lot.

I should add that dog walkers know of this place, so watch for them and poop…especially at the entrances.

The beginner MTB crowd could find this fun to learn and to stretch your legs; ride it!