Farmer's Fields and Rock Beaches

July 05, 2026

by avatar @brad@trails.bradpenney.io

Easy

Completed

Distance 120.19 km
Est. duration 06h 40m
Elevation Gain 1521 m
Elevation Loss 0 m
Category UTV

Description

Rode out from Windermere in Kings County aiming for the Bay of Fundy, gassing up in Berwick and picking up supplies in Cambridge before getting off the pavement. Stuck to trail over road as much as possible, working north past orchards and vegetable fields through Woodville before breaking out of th

Route

Start

Setting out from Windermere
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Another machine in the group easing out of the yard as we got rolling, gravel dust already kicking up.

Orchard row near Cambridge
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A young apple orchard lining the trail — Annapolis Valley country, the heart of Nova Scotia's fruit-growing belt.

Into the woods
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Ducking back into tree cover between open fields, the trail threading through birch and old deadfall.

Deeper in the birches
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Canola in bloom
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A field gone bright yellow with flowering canola, one of the cash crops worked into the Valley's rotation.

Queen Anne's lace
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Wild carrot taking over a fallow hillside, its lacy white heads rolling out toward the treeline.

Carrot rows
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Long straight rows of carrots — Kings County grows a serious share of the province's vegetables, and it shows.

Wheat ready to cut
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A grain field turned gold and close to harvest, the trail skirting its edge.

Through the hayfield
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Tall grass and lupins on the edge of someone's farmland, working north toward the coast.

Down to the shore
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The trail dropping off the highland on a guardrailed gravel grade, the Bay of Fundy opening up below.

First look at the Bay
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Breaking out of the woods and rock straight onto open water — the payoff for the whole run north.

Basalt cliffs at Chipman Brook
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The dark, layered rock is North Mountain basalt, the same volcanic ridge that walls the Annapolis Valley off from the Bay of Fundy.

Low tide
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Fundy's tide well out, the beach stones bare for a hundred metres or more.

Parked on the rocks
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The machine down on the beach at Chipman Brook, cliffs rising behind — the turnaround point before heading back for lunch.

120.19 km

Finish