The Saugeen Bruce Peninsula
Things to do on the Bruce Peninsula
Days out, all of them within an hour. Red Bay Lodge is a quiet base in the woods: go out all day, then come back to a campfire.
§ 01Drive times
How far everything is
Red Bay is in South Bruce Peninsula, so nothing on the peninsula is a day’s drive. Tap a place for what to do when you get there.
§ 02Without the car
Close to the lodge
A short walk
Red Bay Beach
Soft sand, shallow water and a long pier that is the favourite place to watch the sunset.
At the lodge
The nightly campfire
Lit at dusk every night, with the firewood provided. Quiet time is 11 pm, and the fire is where the evening goes on.
Dark sky, at the lodge
Northern lights
We are about 3 hours (220 km) from Toronto, under a dark sky. Aurora forecasts and how to watch are on the northern lights page.
§ 03Days out
All of them within an hour
25 min drive
Sauble Beach
The sandy shore of Lake Huron, about 25 minutes from the lodge.
25 min drive
Lion’s Head
Hiking, kayaking and fishing, and the limestone cliffs along the Bruce Trail.
40 min drive
Bruce Peninsula National Park
The Grotto and the park’s trails. Quieter in fall, spring and winter.
50 min drive
Tobermory
The Big Tub Lighthouse, boat tours to the shipwrecks and the Georgian Bay coast.
Boats, caves, kayaks
On the water
Boat tours, private caves, eco-tours, guided fishing excursions and kayak adventures.
Bruce Trail, close by
Inland: the escarpment
Several Bruce Trail accesses are close by, and Inglis Falls is up on the Niagara Escarpment.
A peninsula full of rare plants
40+
Orchids
More than forty different orchids bloom on the Bruce Peninsula.
39 of 40
Ontario ferns
Thirty-nine of the forty ferns found in Ontario grow on the peninsula.
4,500
Year-old lichens
Some of the lichens here are thought to be that old.
The Bruce Peninsula is a dark sky community, and the Niagara Escarpment is recognised by the United Nations as an ecologically important area of the world.
After dark
The sky here is a show in itself.
Dark skies, a firepit and, when the forecast is worth it, the northern lights.
Northern lights at the lodgeWhere to sleep
Fifteen wood cabins and eight lodge rooms, with breakfast included.
A cabin in the woods to come back to, and dogs stay free in the cabins.
See all lodgingStay a few nights, see it all.