Cold Creek Conservation Area

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Cold Creek Conservation Area, usually Cold Creek, is an ecologically diverse protected Area of Natural and Scientific Interest in south-central Ontario, Canada. The 190-hectare conservation area was opened on 20 June 1962 by Wilf Spooner and the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. It is located on the western end of King Township, overlapping the Oak Ridges Moraine. The Government of Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources classifies the area as a provincially significant Area of Natural and Scientific Interest for its "provincially or regionally significant representative ecological features". The area was also a site classified for the International Biological Program. The Life Science area, known as Cold Creek Swamp, is composed of a swamp and forest. ()

Elevation: 856 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 43°54'50"N, 79°41'58"W

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Cold Creek Conservation Area – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Bolton, Kleinburg, Purpleville.

6.3 miSE
Museum
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Vaughan
160 min walk • The McMichael Canadian Art Collection is an art museum in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. The museum is located on a 40 hectares property in Kleinburg, an unincorporated village in Vaughan.
3.1 miSW
Town
Bolton
79 min walk • Bolton is an unincorporated village that is the most populous community in the town of Caledon, Ontario. It is located beside the Humber River in the Region of Peel, approximately 50 kilometres northwest of Toronto.
6.5 miSE
Neighbourhood
Kleinburg, Vaughan
165 min walk • Kleinburg is an unincorporated village in the city of Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. It is home to the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, an art gallery with a focus on the Group of Seven, and the Kortright Centre for Conservation.
6.7 miSE
Neighbourhood
Purpleville, Vaughan
170 min walk • Purpleville is a hamlet located south of the intersection of Pine Valley Drive and Teston Road, in the city of Vaughan, in Ontario, Canada. In 2017 the city approved a subdivision on the site of this hamlet.The historic hamlet of Purpleville is located at the intersection of Pine Valley Drive and Teston Road.
2.4 miE
Locality
Nobleton
60 min walk • Nobleton is an unincorporated community in southwestern King, Ontario, Canada. It is the third-largest community in the township, after King City and Schomberg. Located south of the Oak Ridges Moraine, Nobleton is surrounded by hills and forests. Many horse farms are found on Nobleton's eastern periphery.
5.2 miNE
National park
Happy Valley Forest
134 min walk • Happy Valley Forest is a 6.48 square kilometre provincially significant ecological area, classified as an Area of Natural and Scientific Interest by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.