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BikesandTransit.com is please to introduce you to Oshawa! - a great cycling destination, with a little help from transit! This suggested daytrip is a combination of GO Train and GO Bus and bike. Not to worry, going "inter-modal" means there's no traffic, and in just over an hour from downtown Toronto you'll find yourself - and your bike - at the downtown trailhead of the Oshawa Creek Trail (find it on the south side of King - behind the Scotia Bank - just west of the GO Bus stop at King & Centre St.).

Take the whole day, because there's lot to see, and be prepared for everything from smooth and wide asphalt bikeways to gravel paths, to some shady riding on trampled grass. The Oshawa Creek Trail is about five kilometres to the Waterfront Trail. Then it's 10k east to Darlington Provincial Park (bring a picnic lunch!). After a serene lakeside rest, head back for a great 20 kilometre Waterfront Trail ride west to catch the GO Train (or GO Bus) home at the Whitby GO Train station.

Along the way you can't miss, and won't ever forget: McLaughlin Bay Wildlife Reserve Trail, Second Marsh Wildlife Area, Lakeview Park, Pumphouse Marsh and Lakefront Park West.

Read about the ride on BikesandTransit Travel - Oshawa

RIDE PHOTOS:

Biking from the downtown Oshawa GO bus stop, south east to Darlington, then west to the Whitby GO train home.

MAPS:

To get the most pleasure out of your day, print up (or order a copy of) the Durham Region Trails cycling and hiking brochure! And, always print up and bring along the excellent Waterfront Trail Maps (below) for up close details of your ride. Be sure to zoom in to study the google maps, and help you go big! and go home:

Google Map 1: View the bike route from downtown Oshawa, south down Oshawa Creek Trail, to Lakeview Park, then east to Darlington Provincial Park (15k)

Google Map 2: View the bike route west from McLaughlin Bay, to Lakefront Park West & the Whitby GO Train station (10k)

Google Map 3: Here's a map to show you the GO bus route from the GO train to Downtown Oshawa (King & Centre St.) - in just 10 minutes!

GO Train + GO Bus Service Map

SCHEDULES and FARES:

Here is the GO Transit Train and GO Bus Schedule for Lakeshore East / Oshawa
Train fare to Oshawa (from Union Station): $8.25 adult one way, $4.15 children/seniors
Torontonians: take your bike to the GO train by TTC Subway - $3.00 fare / $10.00 family pass - transfer at Union station to the train, or from Main Street subway station (to the train at GO Danforth)

LOCAL HIGHLIGHTS:

For a bike ride of just 35 kilometres, the City of Oshawa has an abundance of natural wonders to enjoy:

COMMENTS:

Live in Oshawa? Start your ride downtown, head south then east to Whitby, Ajax, Pickering, Rouge Hill... and catch the train and bus back downtown! (Or vice versa - start at Guildwood and head east!)

And please be sure to come back to this page after your bike ride to add your comments about your day - good and/or bad - in the Oshawa comments section!

BikesandTransit.com... go big! and go home!

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