Cottages Rent - Visit Dorset Scenic Lookout Tower
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Country Cottage for Rent - The Loralea Country Inn Resort is your
family holiday lakeside
getaways location in the Haliburton Highlands offering cottages
to rent in Ontario with Dorset
accommodations in seven cottages or cabin
rentals on Halls Lake with a great sandy beach area for the
kids.
Your family holidays is quality time spent with family or friends and
one of the popular activities that entertains all is a visit to the
Scenic Lookout Tower.
A fifteen minute drive from the resort and your at the tower, a great
place for a picnic, with vast views of the country side, hiking trails
and a gift shop.
Popular Lakefront Rental #7 - 20 feet from Halls Lake

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For other accommodations on your country holidays in
Dorset, Haliburton or Minden see Weekend
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Other activities, spa places, popular tourist sites and
planning things to do see Dorset Tourism
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Lookout Scenic Tower in Dorset
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The
Loralea your country vacation resorts location with Canadian
weekend cottages for rent and plenty of activities in the area,
one being a visit to the Dorset
Lookout Tower.
The Tower is located just north of Dorset on highway #35. The
100' tower formerly a fire tower stands 365 feet above the Lake of Bays
and the village. The tower is a seasonal tourist attraction with picnic
grounds, hiking trails and a gift shop.
The
original tower was constructed in 1922 as part of a network to help
protect valuable stands of timber from forest fires. Eventually the
tower was no longer needed but by then it had already become a popular
tourist attraction and it is estimated that well over 60,000 vehicles
access the site annually.
For
better viewing they have installed view finders, they are located at
the bottom of the Tower at Peek-A-Boo rock and for the strong and hearty
one view finders are located at the top of our tower
If
your looking for a trail to hike there is a maintained trail surrounding
the tower area. Along the trail are posted numbered Guide Markers, that
name many of the tree and plant species.
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Tower Information
- Open late May closed early October
- Very popular holiday spot - 60,000 vehicles access the site annually
- Picnic area - washrooms available
- Maintained hiking trails
- Two paved parking areas - small fee
- Tower Kiosk: (705) 766-1032 - Lookout
Website
- Information Centre & Gift Shop - staffed by clerks to assist
visitors to the region

Hiking Trails maintained for your enjoyment by the Township
- Dorset Tower Trail - Guide markers to name many of the tree
and plant species
- Beech Lake Trail - suitable for mountain biking and hiking
- distance 4 km
- Lookout Trail - distance 5 km - no biking - Caution some
cliffs - great view
- Alvin Ferguson Trail - distance 4.5 km - mountain biking
and hiking
- Partridge Trail - distance (one way) 4.5 km - best trail
to view wildlife so remember to bring a camera - mountain biking and
hiking
- Log Chute Trail hike a 0.5 km stroll to see Ontarios
one of kind historic log chute heritage site
- Frost Centre Hiking Trails explore 10 kms of trail
loop on the Geomorphology, Acclimatization or Forest Management loops
These scenic trails were built for your use, so please
enjoy them!
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What does the Dorset area have to offer
- Canada's Best Country Store - Robinson's
- Museum
- Scenic Observation Tower
- Golfing
- Snowball Winter Carnival
- Leslie Frost Centre
- Restoration of the Bigwin Steamboat
- Close to Algonquin Park
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