Local Activities

Bowling

The Fast Lane Entertainment Center

• 5-pin bowling alley offering daily league play, game nights, lanes, and occasional live music

Bancroft Bowling Lanes

Health & Fitness

Exhale Fitness Studio

163 Highland St., Haliburton

• Fitness classes and gym facilities

http://www.exhalefitstudio.com/

Haliburton Yoga

Holness Yoga

Just Movement Fitness

• Offers various classes in Minden, Haliburton, and Hall’s Lake area

Light Hatch Yoga

http://www.lighthatch.com

Physical Journeys Fitness

• Fitness classes and studio with locations in Minden and Haliburton

Skye Cycle

Indoor cycle studio in Haliburton Village

http://www.skyecycle.ca

Restaurants

Casual

• Offers Muskoka Roastery coffee, free wifi, baked goods and fish and chips

• Ice cream parlour and casual food

• At the corner of Highways 118 and 35

• 170 Bobcaygeon Rd., Minden

• Pizza On Earth features a selection of gourmet thin-crust pizzas prepared with quality ingredients.
• All pizzas are cooked in a traditional wood-fired brick oven designed to replicate the flavour you would find at an authentic Italian pizzeria.

Fine Dining

• Licensed
• Steak and pasta house

• Featuring casual dining in one restaurant and fine dining in the main dining room

Summer and Fall Activities

Hiking & Biking

Haliburton Forest & Wildlife Reserve

• Over 300kms of walking, hiking, and mountain bike trails through the Haliburton forest
• Observe a wolf pack in the wild at the Wolf Centre
• Fabulous Outdoor Education program
• Get a guided bird’s-eye view of the Haliburton forest on the Walk in the Clouds canopy
• Features a world-class astronomical observatory, thanks to the site’s light-pollution-free location (self-tracking system, equipped with a 64,000-object database)

Haliburton Highlands Cycling Coalition

Sir Sam’s Ski Area

• Extensive mountain biking and hiking trails (mountain bike rentals available)
• Downhill racetrack
• Pump track
• Scenic chairlift rides overlooking the mountain

Township of Algonquin Highlands

• Links to hiking trails in Algonquin Highlands

Welcome Cyclists

• Links and information on places to cycle in the Haliburton County area

Water Sports

SUP North

• Stand up paddleboarding is one of the fastest growing sports in the world. Call to arrange your own personalized paddleboard adventure.

Minden White Water Preserve

• Located on the beautiful Gull River, one of Ontario’s natural wonders.
• Offers 800m of whitewater featuring Class II to IV rapids.
• A popular destination for recreational kayaking and canoeing.
• Also hosts whitewater racing for the more competitive-minded

Ski-Mazing Water Sports School

• Ski, wakeboard, and barefoot water sports school also offers para-sailing and Waverunner rentals.

Outdoor Entertainment

Pole Position Kartways

• Go-kart racing for kids and adults.
• The course has a few two-seater karts, so parents can ride with their children if they choose to.
• The complex also features batting cages, miniature golf, a bumper boat pond, a golf chipping area, and a few pretty nature trails.

Carnarvon Family Golf

• This facility offers a variety of activities for the whole family including batting cages, driving range, miniature golf, jumping castle, and 9 hole par 3 golf course.
• The many golf camps, clinics and lessons provide customers with a fun learning experience at all levels and for all ages.

Yours Outdoors

• Yours Outdoors offers unique learning vacations and outdoor adventures that explore the rich natural and cultural heritage of Haliburton County.

Fishing

Ministry of Natural Resources – Fishing Info

• Excellent website with detailed information on all our lakes, right down to depths and types of fish found, etc.

Haliburton Highlands Outdoor Association

• Visit our local fish hatchery for an interesting and informative tour.
• This organization offers information and education on fishing and hunting while promoting sustainable management of natural resources.

Arts and Culture

Ethel Curry Gallery

• Private art gallery, located at the corner of Maple and Highland Sts., Haliburton

Haliburton County Artist Studio Tour

This tour provides an opportunity to visit the studios of dozens of local artists and craftspeople while enjoying discussions, lectures and demonstrations. The tour is scheduled in October each year, coinciding with gorgeous fall colour along the route.

Even when the Studio Tour is not operating you can still visit an artists’ studio and purchase a one-of-a-kind memento of your trip. Here’s a link to The Arts Council with directory listings of many of our local artists: http://www.haliburtonarts.on.ca/find-a-member/directory-listings/achh_tag/artists/

Haliburton Museum & Sculpture Forest

• Offers a unique outdoor sculpture gallery winding through wooded countryside.
• The museum features authentic settlers’ cabins and a functioning blacksmith shop with scheduled demonstrations.

Haliburton School of Art and Design

• Courses are taught by friendly, accomplished artisans
• Wide range of unique courses (twig furniture-making, glassblowing, raku pottery, etc.), many specific to historical Ontario

Minden Hills Cultural Centre

This centre encompasses the Agnes Jamieson art gallery, Minden Museum, and Nature Centre.

Rails End Gallery

• The Rails End Gallery and Arts Centre, situated in the historic train station in the village of Haliburton, Ontario, offers exhibitions by local and regional artists.

Red Cross Outpost Museum

• The Wilberforce Red Cross Outpost & Historic House is the site of the first Red Cross Outpost Hospital in Ontario, as well as the first hospital of any kind in Haliburton County and surrounding area.
• It was declared a National Historic Site of Canada in 2003.

Live Entertainment

The Forest Festival – Haliburton Forest

Haliburton Concert Series