Biking
Annapolis County Recreation has A Cyclist’s Guide to Outdoor Adventure free of charge in hard copy from Annapolis County Recreation. This guide, similar in style to a map, lists 22 colour coded bicycle routes ranging from easy to moderate to challenging. Use it to plan a cycling adventure in your own backyard.
Annapolis Valley Mountain Bike Association – organize and support programs and events that promote recreational and competitive mountain biking for all ages and abilities.
Annapolis Youth Park in Annapolis Royal is located at 112 Prince Albert Road (Highway 1) in Annapolis Royal. It is next to the parking lot at the trailhead of the French Basin Trail. The park has excellent skateboarding facilities, green space, shade trees, walking trail, and benches for spectators.
Cool Moves BMX Group – A local Annapolis County group made up of ages 6 through 18 yrs old, of BMX riders of different skill levels, Cool Moves was created as a non- competitive way to allow riders to show their skills to the public and people who may not go to skate parks or know the sport. Chris Hiltz: Chris.Hiltz@avrsb.ca; Trevor Connell: connelltk@nspes.ca
Harvest Rail Trail – The 117-kilometre Harvest Moon Trailway traverses the Annapolis Valley through beautiful towns along the former rail line, connecting the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Grand Pré to the historic seaside town of Annapolis Royal.
TrailFlow Outdoor Adventures – aims to offer the highest quality outdoor recreational programming and facilities available within Atlantic Canada. Specializing in mountain bike guiding, clinics, and event promotion we use our years of experience to bring our love of the outdoors to the masses. Often offer biking clinics for kids in Kentville and Wolfville.
Trips for Kids – Annapolis Valley Chapter is a part of the Annapolis Valley Mountain Bike Association and is a partnership with the Town of Wolfville’s Recreation Department. Trips For Kids provides the materials, moral support and inspiration that an individual or group needs to help disadvantaged kids discover the joy of mountain biking.
Bike Courses/Trails
Annapolis County Bike Trails – maps and routes
Kentville 4x Bike Course – located on Burger Hill in Kentville
Kentville Gorge Bike Course – Mountain bike trails
Mountain Bike Trails in Annapolis Valley – routes and descriptions
Off Road Bike Trails – maps and descriptions for trails in the Valley
Wolfville Bike Park – mountain bike skills park and trail network. There are 4km’s of varying difficulty level trail from beginner to advanced single track. The park includes lots of fun and challenging things to ride such as drop offs, jumps, teeter-totters, narrow bridges, rock and log obstacles and a trials riding area.
Equipment & Repair
Buy Bicycles – used bikes of all sizes can be found in the driveway of a gentleman who lives on Route 1 in Wilmot across from Evans’ Family Farm Market. He also has bike gear and racks. 902-825-3624
Banks Bikes, Wolfville – Bicycles, parts, accessories, servicing and all things cycling. Labour is free on kids bikes.
Shawn’s Sports Excellence, Wilmot – specializing in new and used sporting goods and carrying a full line of hockey, baseball, golf, soccer, broom ball, curling, badminton, and squash equipment. We also carry a great selection of bikes and footwear.
The Spoke & Note, Windsor – We offer our clients a wide range of services from a full retail experience to service and repairs on your beloved instruments and bicycles.
Valley Stove & Cycle, Kentville – Everything bike related from rentals to sales and service.
