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Mono Cliffs Provincial Park

Provincial park in Ontario, Canada

Field	Value
name	Mono Cliffs Provincial Park
iucn_category	II
iucn_ref
photo	Mono Cliffs 10.jpg
photo_caption	View of McCarston's Lake
location	Ontario, Canada
nearest_city	Mono
map	Canada Southern Ontario
map_caption	Location in Southern Ontario
coordinates
area	732 ha
established	1985
visitation_num	64,107
visitation_year	2022
governing_body	Ontario Parks
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Mono Cliffs Provincial Park lies within the rural town of Mono, in southern Ontario, Canada, along the Bruce Trail. It is part of the Niagara Escarpment Parks System, and the escarpment Biosphere Reserve.

Main entrance

The main entrance to the park is located along the 3rd Line E.H.S. at a pay parking lot with washrooms. There is a map of the park and the seven colour-coded trails:

Carriage Trail (red)
Spillway Trail (blue)
Cliff Top Trail (green)
McCarston's Lake (orange)
South Outlier Trail (yellow)
Lookout Trail (grey)
Bruce Trail (dotted)

The map also indicates how each section of the trail can be used:

hiking
biking
horseback riding
camping

Natural features

Rock faces: As the name suggests, the park has a number of cliff faces along the Niagara Escarpment itself. Along the Cliff Top Trail is a sturdy set of stairs which descend about 30 m down the rock face to a wooden path that runs between the cliff face and a small outlier, providing excellent views of the rock, ferns, and cedars. Caving, rock climbing, bouldering, and scrambling are not permitted anywhere in the park.

Also along the Cliff Top Trail is a viewing platform that extends out over the cliff edge, with a great view to the north east across the park to the farms beyond.

Large Outliers: There are two large 'outliers' that have been separated from the main escarpment edge.

Water features: In the north west corner of the park is McCarston's Lake. There are also a number of streams and smaller ponds throughout the park, the largest just below the viewing platform.

References

UNEP-WCMC. "Protected Area Profile for Mono Cliffs Provincial Park". World Database on Protected Areas.
"Mono Cliffs Provincial Park - Natural Environment". Protected Planet.
Parks, Ontario. "Ontario_Parks-Visitation-Statistics 2022 - Ministries".

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