The best walks and hikes in Herring Cove Provincial Park

This is a flat, wide gravel path surrounded by forest. It’s easy to follow and allows for an immersive walk. It also works well as a convenient connector if you want to create a loop around parts of the Abraham Plains.

Deep Cove features a sandy beach where you can stroll along the shoreline and enjoy open views across the bay toward Lubec. It’s a simple, relaxing walk, and the area can be especially beautiful at sunset, when the light softens over the water.

Upper Duck Pond is tucked into a quiet cove along the Quoddy Narrows. Three small islands sit just offshore, and at low tide you can walk out to one of them. It’s a great spot to pause and take in wide views over the pond, the surrounding beaches, and the changing tides that transforms the landscape.

The Rock of Gibraltar Trail is a rock the size of a house, formed from a massive glacial erratic. Visitors sometimes climb to the top using a rope anchored at the back, but the rock is over 5 meters high with no real edges, so extreme caution is crucial. There is an interpretive sign to read along the trail that explains how this giant boulder was deposited here by retreating glaciers.

Herring Cove Provincial Park sits on Campobello Island and is a scenic, peaceful coastal park with a long cobble-and-sand beach, forest trails, and dramatic Bay of Fundy scenery. At low tide, the strong tides pull back to reveal tide pools and exposed rock shelves. The park also has a small campground, picnic areas, and short forest trails that climb into the hills above the cove for elevated views. Seabirds, shorebirds, and seals call this park home.

Herring Cove Beach stands out as one of Herring Cove Provincial Park's most scenic stretches of shoreline. It's a long pebble-and-sand beach backed by forested bluffs and Lake Glensevern. The cove has strong tides, the same tides that make the Bay of Fundy famous. If you hike here at low tide, you can see gravel flats, tide pools, and exposed rock shelves that are often concealed underwater.

Roosevelt Campobello International Park is located on Campobello Island in New Brunswick and is jointly administered by Canada and the United States, symbolizing the long-standing friendship between the two nations. Campobello was the Roosevelt family’s beloved summer retreat, and visitors can still explore the Roosevelt Cottage—a 34-room home filled with furnishings that reflect the family’s life there. The park also features a small network of walking trails that lead to some of the island’s most scenic viewpoints.

The Friar's Head Trail is a relatively easy hike that begins at the Visitor Centre and leads to a scenic viewpoint on the beach. Along the way, you’ll enjoy panoramic views of Lubec and Eastport, Maine, as well as the surrounding New Brunswick islands.