This trail system is nature at it’s best, wild and free. Mostly overgrown the trails are either narrow paths or full blown ATV width.
Fufflemucker Trail: The first trail is ‘brodey trail to fufflemucker trail’ which takes for you for a loop around fufflemucker pond. Alright, like really, I just love the name of this one. Fufflemucker. F u f f l e m u c k e r. Kinda sound like either a fairy tail character or a swear word. I digress… Parking is marked 50m up the road on the left and there’s a picnic spot along the route. Along perhaps best to picnic in the fall, this is another buggy area. Again, typical Ontario.
Pumpkin, Old Farm, & Hemlock Trails
The second spot to park is ahead 1.5 kms at Rose Lake. There’s enough space for 2-3 vehicles. From here you can start on Pumpkin trail to hike the length with side loops of Old Farm and Hemlock trails. Pumpkin trail itself is a wide enough ATV trail and enough enough to follow.
Rose Hill Nature Reserve Features: It’s along Old Farm trail that you’ll find Rose Hill Rock. Now this is an interesting find! MMLT discovered this after they acquired the property under their care. It is a large glacier erratic boulder with an inscribed bronze plaque that states a heartfelt dedication to a beloved husband and friend – both of whom died in a vehicle accident in 1979. You’ll have to simply hike up and read the dedication for yourself! Adding a little flower power, the property was a diverse range of flora that includes wild lady slipper orchids, club spur orchids, pitcher plants, and dutchman’s breeches. The property boasts four ponds (fufflemucker, fritsch, mud, and charlie’s), and well as rose lake. Where are all the bird lovers at?! Rose Hill Nature Reserve has over 56 species of birds observed! And as far as at risk species go, well you can find monarch butterflies, eastern wood-pewees, and bald eagles.
