Tree Walks in Ottawa

Ottawa has one walk that string its ancient trees together on foot, past 8 trees in all. Each one is an afternoon rather than a hike, and every tree on it has a story worth the stop.

The order is ours, worked out from where the trees actually stand; the walking distance is the real one along streets and paths where we have been able to route it, and a straight line between trunks where we have not. Nothing here is a signposted trail.

ByWard Market / Major's Hill

8 trees · about 1.43 km · 18 min on foot

Begins at The Mackenzie King Pear (Ussurian Pear (Pyrus ussuriensis)) and ends at The Ottawa Improvement Commission Horse Chestnut.

All of these stand in Ottawa, where we map 8 remarkable trees in total. Or walk somewhere else: Alicante · Alkmaar · Amersfoort · Amsterdam · Arnhem · Assen

Over 1,900 old trees worth the walk