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Catch the Coach Canada highway coach from downtown Toronto - with your bike in a bag and under the bus - to Main Street Grimsby, in about 65 minutes. Cycle to the nearby Niagara Gateway tourism centre, then hit the Waterfront Trail east through classic Niagara waterfront neighbourhoods. Then it's south up the Escarpment through a stunning cycling route of six wineries, one juice maker, and many amazing cliff's edge views.

Ride west along the ridge to the Dofasco 2000 Trail, to emerge at Hamilton's Devil's Punch Bowl. Don't miss the farmer's market or the first Women's Institite on your way down, down, down to Gray's Ave. and back to the Lake! Hamilton Beach'll sweep you north to Burlington and up Brant Street to the GO Train.
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Grimsby 'greenbelt express': BAY ST to MAIN ST - by Coach Canada / BURLINGTON to UNION - by GO Train

Photos from 2009 Ride!

Recommended: for experienced riders. Casual cyclists can however easily follow the Waterfront Trail from Grimsby to the Bike Wine Route and return to the Grimsby GO Bus and Burlington GO Train for the trip home. Ways up the Niagara Escarpmment are at Woolverton Rd, Mountain Rd and Park Rd, but the Mountainview route is the least steep and best for vineyards.

Bikes and Transit Route Maps:

  • Garmin GPS download below .gdb

Bus Notes:

  • Visit CoachCanada.com for the Toronto-Grimsby Bus Schedule
  • Visit GOTransit.com for the Burlington station Train Schedule - and the GO Bus Schedule to and from Grimsby
  • The bus fare to Grimsby from downtown Toronto is $18.95 - plus $10.00 for a bike bag - The train fare back to Union Station from Burlington is $9.05.
  • Arrive early - at the Toronto Bus Terminal at Bay St. and Edward St. (above Dundas) - to get your ticket. Get your bike bag ($10.00) from the Coach Canada counter - upstairs, far west end of the Edward St. side. Lone cyclists ask a Coach Canada driver to watch your bike as you run upstairs to the counter to get a bag.

Bike Route Notes:

  • The GPS routes on this site follow the Hamilton Bike Routes, Trails & Parks cycling map and Niagara Region Bicycling Map and are recomended to stay safe and get the most out of the routes.
  • In Grimsby, a bike lane starts soon on Main Street west to Casablanca and north to the Niagara Gateway Centre. The Waterfront Trail east is well signed along the Lake and the QEW.
  • The BikesandTransit .com "Bike Wine Route" begins south at Durham Rd.
  • Ridge Rd. west along to top of the Escarpment has very light traffic. Gray Rd. to the Lake has relatively light traffic.
  • The Dofasco 2000 Trail is about 80% boardwalk and 20% packed gravel trail.
  • New Mountain Rd. down the Escarpment is very steep. There is a very dangerous corner at the bottom as you near the tunnel under the train tracks. Cyclists should occupy the whole lane (children on the inside) during "the descent".
  • Caution: There are no bikelanes on the lower few blocks of Brant St. in Old Burlington - children should ride on the sidewalk.

Ride Highlights:

Have fun trying this great daytrip! And be sure to come back to enter your route review in BikesandTransit.com's new 'comments' section at the foot of each bike route page.

Download Maps
Garmin (GDB): 
application/octet-stream iconBike Route pt1: Grimsby, Bike Wine Route, Dofasco Trail to Hamilton Trail
application/octet-stream iconBike Route pt2 - Confederation Park, Hamilton Beach to Burlington GO Train