Mactaquac Provincial Park

1256 NB-105, Mactaquac

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1256 NB-105, Mactaquac

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Mactaquac Provincial Park is The Four-Season Playground just 20 minutes west of Fredericton, offering outdoor activities for all ages. Explore over 15 km of hiking and cycling trails. Relax at the beach. Camp in a tent, RV, or any of our roofed accommodations. Play a round on the 18-hole championship golf course. Picnic areas, two marinas, and on-site dining make it perfect for day trips or weekend getaways. Plan your visit, book a campsite, and discover upcoming events and activities.

Camping

Mactaquac Provincial Park Campground

Mactaquac Provincial Park’s campgrounds offer tent sites, RV sites, and roofed accommodations for overnight stays. Campers can enjoy the outdoors, gather around a campfire, and take part in seasonal park activities.

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Phone

(506) 363-4747

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Trails

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1 - Alex Creek

Rock piles along this trail are an indication you are traveling through past farmland. The trail is a long narrow loop through the forest between a wetland and Alex Creek.

2 - Alex Creek to Murch Field

Alex Creek tumbles towards the Saint John River through a small valley. Climb to the edge of the campground before dropping back down to the stream and the Murch Field Trail.

3 - Beaver Pond

Find out how beaver dams are built and the habitats they form on this trail that circles a pond. Interpretive signs and a boardwalk crossing the pond give insight to the waterfowl, frogs, and ever-changing marsh vegetation that call the pond home. You will find signs of beaver activity and may even see a beaver.

4 - Beaver Pond to Alex Creek

This trail is shared with the beaver lodge and you can expect to see the busy beavers in action. Follow along a beaver pond with a large, old beaver hut. The pond was once a forest and you can look for duck nesting boxes in the dead trees that were flooded by the pond.

5 - Little Mactaquac Stream

After passing through a softwood forest the trail follows Little Mactaquac Stream before returning through a more mixed forest. Cross the stream and stop at the lean-to style shelter as you pass.

6 - Maple Sugar

Closed

Interpretive signs describe the many, large hardwood trees you pass along the trail. This hardwood ridge is representative of the hardwood forest that lines the Saint John River Valley.

7 - Murch Field

Take this trail to a beautiful view of the Mactaquac head pond, an old farmer field, streams and a striking waterfall.

8 - Porcupine Pass

A quick walk through a mixed forest with massive large-tooth aspen trees (a favourite of the beavers) takes you to the end of a large beaver pond. Look for ducks swimming between the dead trees sticking out of the pond.

9 - Scotch Lake Road

This short loop trail takes you from Mactaquac Stream to Scotch Lake Road along the back of the park. Mature spruce, cedar, and maple can be found along the mossy trail as it climbs gently up from the cedar stands through a magnificent forest of hemlock. Watch for the resident pileated woodpeckers.

10 - Eagle

Closed

This old road starts at Mactaquac Beach and travels along the head pond created by the Mactaquac Dam. At several spots along the trail you can look across at the dam.

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