Frugal Fun Ottawa - Seasonal Activity

Name:

Tobogganing

Location:

Various, see Description

Dates:

Whenever there is enough snow!

Description:

The following hills are City of Ottawa approved sledding hills
(the City's sledding website, listed below, also includes notes
on each hill and is worth checking out):

Area	Location	Details
Ottawa Central	Brown's Inlet	Craig Street. Smaller hill.
Ottawa Central	Dutchys Park	End of Range Road. Medium hill.
Ottawa Central	MacDonald Gardens Park	Corner of Wurtemberg and Heney Streets. Medium hill.
Ottawa West	Carlington Park	937 Clyde Avenue. Large hill with gradual runs.
Ottawa West	Judge Park	837 Grenon Avenue. Medium hill.
Ottawa West	Westboro Park	411 Dovercourt Avenue. Smaller hill.
Ottawa South	Kilborn Park/ Grasshopper Hill	Kilborn Avenue between Quinn and Featherstone. Smaller hill.
Ottawa South	Mooney's Bay Park	2960 Riverside Drive. Larger hill.
Ottawa South	Russell Boyd Park	Corner of St. Bernard Street and Olympic Way. Smaller hill.
Ottawa East	Marchand Park	Beside 1145 Kenaston Street. Smaller hill.
Kanata	Bridlewood Park	75 Bridlewood Drive. Larger hill.
Kanata	Rickey Place Park	47 Rickey Place. Smaller hill.
Nepean	Bayshore Park	175 Woodridge Crescent. Smaller hill.
Nepean	Brucelands Park	2960 Baseline Road. Smaller hill.
Nepean	Centrepointe Park	114 Centrepointe Drive. Smaller hill.
Nepean	Corkstown Park	Corkstown Road. Smaller hill.
Nepean	Craig Henry Park	135 Craig Henry Drive. Large/medium hill.
Nepean	Four Seasons Park/Spratt/Rolling River	4386 Spratt Road. Medium hill.
Nepean	Hillside Park	29 Larkspur Lane. Smaller hill.
Nepean	Leslie Park	31 Abingdon Drive. Small/medium hill.
Nepean	Mulligan Park	Earl Mulligan Drive. Very small hill.
Nepean	Neill-Nesbitt Park (Foxfield)	62 Foxfield Drive. Medium hill.
Nepean	Stonecrest Park	220 Stoneway Drive. Smaller hill.
Nepean	Utman Park	280 Mount Channon. Medium hill.
Nepean	Walter Baker Park	100 Walter Baker Place (off Terry Fox Drive). Larger hill.
Gloucester	Green Creek	Green Creek Road, off Bearbrook Road, between St. Joseph Boulevard and Innes Road.Larger hill.
Gloucester	Loyola Park	Loyola Avenue. Larger hill.
Gloucester	Orient Park	2359 Orient Park Drive. Smaller hill.
Gloucester	Ski Hill Park	704 La Vérandrye Drive. Larger hill.
Orleans	Apollo Crater Park	Between 1549 and 1633 Apollo Way. Gradual slope.
Orleans	Barnabe Park	1797 Des Epinettes Avenue. Smaller hill.
Orleans	Cardinal Creek	2130 Valin Street. Smaller hill.
Orleans	Delorme Park	6591 Delorme Avenue. Very small hill.
Orleans	Fallingbrook Park	Princess Louise Drive and Falwyn Crescent. Very small hill.
Orleans	Gardenway Park	Between Gardenway Drive and Arc-en-Ciel Street.
Orleans	Gerald Poulin Park	1899 Du Clairvaux Road. Very small hill.
Orleans	Kinsella Park	6010 Prestwick Drive. Smaller hill.
Orleans	Marcel Lalande Park	2157 Northlands Drive. Very small hill.
Orleans	Old Tenth Line	Old Tenth Line parkland located on the east side of Old Tenth Line between St. Joseph and Tenth Line. Larger hill.
Orleans	Queenswood Heights Centennial Park	1485 Duford Drive. Very small hill.
Orleans	Queenswood Ridge Park	346 Kennedy Lane East. Small/medium hill.
Orleans	Roy G. Hobbs Community Centre	109 Larch Crescent. Very small hill.
Orleans	Roy Park	6210 Meadowglen Drive. Smaller hill.
Orleans	Watters Park	841 Clearcrest Crescent. Smaller hill.
Metcalfe	McKendry Park	2567 Dow Street. Medium hill.
North Gower	North Gower RA/Alfred Taylor Recreation Facility	2276 Community Way. Medium hill.
Cumberland	Wilfred Murray Park	1115 Dunning Road. Smaller hill.

There are also tobogganing hills at the following locations:

Area	Location	Details
Ottawa Central	Arboretum	Next to Dow's Lake on the Rideau Canal. Larger hill.
Ottawa Central	Vincent Massey Park	Riverside Drive. Larger hill.
Ottawa South	Conroy Pit	Conroy Road south of Hunt Club. Larger hill.
Ottawa West	Clyde at the Queensway	Smaller hill.
Nepean	Bruce Pit	Cedarview Road north of Hunt Club across from Bell High School in Bell's Corners. Larger hill.
Nepean	Benlea Drive (Tanglewood)	Corner of Hunt Club Road. Smaller hill.
Kanata	Glen Cairn	Near Castlefrank and Winchester, behind the library. Smaller hill.

Website:

City of Ottawa approved sledding hills:
ottawa.ca/parks/sledding_hills

Tobogganing safety tips:
www.healthunit.org/injury/winter/tobogsled.html

Activity number:

30009

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