Walking
Tracks & Boardwalks In the Municipality:
(Track info updated Spring, 2012)
Atlantic
St. Track
90 Cabot Street, Sydney, N.S.
400 metres Approx: 540 steps; ¼ of a mile per lap
Atlantic St. Track has a soccer field and playground. The
Centennial Gym is nearby and there are outdoor basketball
courts. There are also several baseball fields in the area.
Neville Park
Jamieson St.
Whitney Pier, N.S.
530 metres Approx: 740 steps; 1/3 of a mile per lap.
Neville Park is located next to Whitney Pier Memorial Jr.
High School. The park includes soccer and baseball fields
along with a playground and basketball courts.
Louisa Gardens Sports Field, Walking
Track & Playground
71 Amelia
Street, Sydney
465 metres
Louisa
Gardens has a walking track, which surrounds a soccer /
rugby field. There is also a playground for children.
Sydney Boardwalk
Esplanade, Sydney, N.S.
900 metres Approx: 1540 steps going one way and back,
stopping at the Yacht Club.
The boardwalk is located in downtown Sydney, convenient for
shopping and dining. There are also boutiques and ice cream
shops. During the summer, there is often live entertainment.
Patnic Avenue Ball Field & Walking
Track
160 Patnick
Avenue, Sydney, NS
300 metres
Patnic Avenue
Park has a walking track, which surrounds a baseball field.
There is also a playground for children.
Vince Muise Field
Walking Track
Surrounding the Vince Muise Baseball Field
Located behind Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Sydney River, N.S.
425 metres Approx: 570 steps; ¼ of a mile per lap.
The track surrounds the baseball field as well as mini
soccer fields. There are also tennis courts nearby.
Riverview Track
Coxheath Rd.
Coxheath, N.S.
400 metres Approx: 530 steps; ¼ of a mile per lap.
Riverview Track is found behind Riverview Rural High School.
The track surrounds the school’s soccer field.
Westmount Family Park Ball Field, Soccer
Field & Walking Track
71 Applecross
Drive
Westmount, NS
410 metres
(1345’), Approx: 530 steps; ¼ of a mile per lap.
Westmount Family Park Ball
Field, Soccer Field & Walking Track is up a short
gravel road into an area commonly known as Setchell’s
Field. The track surrounds a base ball & soccer field.
Cantley Village Park
Doyle Avenue, Cantley Village, N.S.
470 metres
Cantley Village Park has a walking track, which surrounds a
soccer field. There is also a playground for children.
Coxheath Recreation
Park
Coxheath Rd., N.S.
720 metres Approx: 970 steps;; ½ of a mile per lap.
Coxheath Recreation Park has a large track, which surrounds
many soccer fields. There is also a playground for children
and washroom facilities in the summer months.
Floral Heights (Tometary Dr.) Soccer,
Ball Fields, Walking Track & Playground
301 Tometary
Dr., Howie Centre, NS
260 metres
(850’) 6 ¼ laps to the mile.
East Bay Community Ball Field &
Walking Track
285 metres
(935’) 5 ½ lpas to the mile.
East Bay has a walking track, which
surrounds a baseball field. There is also a playground
for children.
Mac Kinnon Walking Track
New Waterford, N.S.
400 metres Approx: 500 steps; ¼ of a mile
Located across from Breton Education Centre and the turf
soccer fields. The track surrounds MacKinnon soccer field.
John Bernard Croake -
Beacon St. Dam Track
Glace Bay, N.S.
1350 metres Approx: 1 ¼ mile
Queen Elizabeth Park,
Renwick Brook Park
South St.
Glace Bay, N.S.
A loop of the main trail around Renwick Brook is 1483
metres.
Located off
of Commercial St., Queen Elizabeth Park has trails, picnic
areas, fields and a playground. Often in the summer there is
entertainment.
Holy Cross Park, Soccer Field &
Walking Track
26 Quarry
Road, Glace Bay, NS
340 metres
Holy Cross has a walking track, which surrounds a
soccer field.
Black Diamond Ball
Fields, Soccer Field & Walking Track
79 East Avenue
Glace Bay, N.S.
845 metres.
Black Diamond
has a walking track, which surrounds a soccer field and two
ballfields.
Port Morien Ball Field, Soccer Field
& Walking Track
8 Long Beach
Road, Port Morien, NS
340 metres
Port Morien
has a walking track, which surrounds a soccer field and
ballfield.
Joe Wadden Track –
This Track is currently under renovation by DEVCO
Donkin, N.S.
Located next to the fire hall and just behind the school.
The track surrounds the baseball field.
Approx: 400-500 steps (a little less than ¼ mile per
lap).
Carmen Young Track
King St.
North Sydney, N.S.
340 metress Approx: ¼ of a mile.
The Carmen Young Track is located off of the King St. Exit
on the highway, just before the Super Valu in North Sydney,
on the left. Look for a big, gravel parking lot next to the
Community Rink. The park is found towards the woods. There
is also a skate-park for skateboarders and lots of open
field.
Pitt St. Walking
Track
Pitt St.
Sydney Mines, N.S.
460 metres Approx: 1500’ or ¼ mile
The track is located by the Sydney Mines Ball Field Complex.
Munroe Park Boardwalk
North Sydney, N.S.
600 metres Approx: 0.6 km or 0.4 miles per lap. 5 laps of
the boardwalk = 2 miles.
Munroe Park is located off of Exit 3 on the highway. At the
top of the ramp, turn right. The park is found on the right
side of the road on the water. It is next to a yacht club.
The boardwalk surrounds soccer fields and there are
playgrounds nearby.
Cape Breton
University Indoor Track
Sullivan Field House
P.O. Box 5300
1250 Grand Lake Road
Sydney, N.S. B1P 6L2
Tel: (902) 539-5300
Approx: 1/8 of a mile.
The track surrounds the gymnasium which has basketball
courts, indoor soccer areas and gymnastics equipment.