Rideau Trail Slide Lake Loop
- 4.5 mi
- one way
- 789 ft
- climb
- 548 ft
- high point
- Point to point
- route
- Jun–Sep
- best months
Rideau Trail Slide Lake Loop is a 4.5-mile point-to-point route in Ontario, Canada, inside Frontenac Provincial Park. It runs between about 440 ft and 550 ft above sea level, with roughly 790 ft of climbing one way. It is mapped as a named hiking route, with the sections joined into one trail here. The nearest town is Perth Road Village, about 4.0 miles north of the trailhead. Brett's Falls is within about 3 miles. For camping, North Buck 1 and Big Salmon 4 are within about 6 miles. There are 6 other mapped trails within about 3 miles, so you can combine or extend the outing. Distances, elevations and the route shape here come from OpenStreetMap and the Copernicus 90 m elevation model. Trails, access rules and conditions change, so check locally before you go.
- Nearby · Fitzsimmons Trail · Trans Canada Trail · Little Clear Lake Loop
Best time to go · Jun–Sep
Best time to visit Rideau Trail Slide Lake Loop
Best months: June–September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
30° / 10°
16 wet
Feb
31° / 11°
14 wet
Mar
40° / 21°
13 wet
Apr
54° / 33°
13 wet
May
66° / 44°
13 wet
Jun
74° / 53°
12 wet
Jul
79° / 59°
11 wet
Aug
78° / 57°
10 wet
Sep
71° / 49°
11 wet
Oct
58° / 39°
14 wet
Nov
47° / 30°
14 wet
Dec
36° / 19°
16 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Watertown Intl Ap, NY, 43.2 mi away at 318 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Keep exploring — more trails worth the drive
Photo: ggbaker, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)Fitzsimmons Trail
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6.74-mile out-and-back hike in New York with 1,176 ft elevation gain.
Photo: Community Archives, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)Trans Canada Trail
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32.28-mile out-and-back trail in New York with 1,313 ft elevation gain
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Little Clear Lake Loop
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3.73-mile loop trail in New York with 586 ft of elevation gain
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Trans Canada Trail
~56 min drive
47.96-mile out-and-back trail in New York with 2,927 ft elevation gain.
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Big Salmon Lake Loop
~2 min drive
A moderate 6.98-mile point-to-point trail in New York that connects to the Little Salmon Lake Loop system.
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Small Slide Lake Loop
~3 min drive
A strenuous 4.52-mile point-to-point hike in New York connected to the Rideau Trail system, designed for experienced hikers.
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Hemlock Lake Loop
~4 min drive
1.90-mile point-to-point trail in New York with 366 ft elevation gain
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Rt Buck Lake Loop
~5 min drive
9.28-mile point-to-point trail in New York with 716 ft gain.
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Rideau Trail - Central Section
~35 min drive
37.44-mile point-to-point trail in New York with 483 ft gain and 607 ft loss.
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Little Salmon Lake Loop
~4 min drive
2.13-mile point-to-point trail in New York with 322 ft gain
Conditions and forecast
Daily highs and lows, wind and the chance of precipitation at Rideau Trail Slide Lake Loop for the next 7 days, from the Open-Meteo model.
Map and trail data © OpenStreetMap contributors
