The best family-friendly hikes and walks around Trois-Rivières

Parc linéaire des Coteaux is a paved 2.8-kilometre multi-use path that follows Boulevard des Chenaux through gently rolling terrain, connecting Rue De Normanville and Rue Papineau. Designed for walking, running, cycling, and inline skating, the route passes parks, landscaped areas, and open green space, providing a safe, traffic-free connection across the neighbourhood. Named after the historic “coteaux” (hillsides) of Trois-Rivières, the park is ideal for commuting and an easy trail for a casual stroll.

Parc Roland-Leclerc, adjacent to Jacques-Buteux School, is a lovely neighbourhood green space with sports areas, open lawns, and a play area connected to the school grounds. The park is a hub for both residents and students, with plenty of room for outdoor activities and community use in a largely residential setting. Surrounded by mature trees and neighbourhood streets, it’s a great place for a break along the linear path and a convenient spot for families to relax and while children play close to home.

This small lake/pond sits within the historic mill grounds in Trois-Rivières and forms part of the more expansive river and wetland landscape along the Saint-Charles River. Its calm water reflects the mill and the surrounding forest, and is a beautiful spot for a picnic or a scenic break along the shoreline.

The Moulin Seigneurial de Pointe-du-Lac is a restored 18th-century watermill built around 1765 on the Saint-Charles River in Trois-Rivières, originally part of the seigneurial system that shaped early rural Québec. Today, you can explore the historic mill building with its still-functioning mechanical systems, along with adjacent exhibits that interpret traditional flour milling and sawmill operations. The site also includes surrounding grounds and walking areas where you can stroll along the river and connect the mill with the broader heritage landscape of Pointe-du-Lac.

The Grand Boisé de Pointe-du-Lac trail system is a network of roughly 5–6 kilometres of marked loops located behind the historic Moulin seigneurial in Trois-Rivières, Québec. The trails are easy and mostly flat, winding through mixed forest and along the Saint-Charles River, with short bridges and sections that pass historic canal remnants. They are free to access year-round and are ideal for walking, snowshoeing, and casual hiking in a beautiful forest setting.

The Grand Boisé is a protected woodland of about 470,000 square metres forming a green corridor in the Pointe-du-Lac sector of Trois-Rivières, just inland from the Saint Lawrence River. It's mature mixed forest and riparian habitat along the Saint-Charles River is managed as a conservation and recreation space connected to the adjacent historic mill site. Though it sits close to residential and agricultural land, it functions as a quiet public forest with interpretive trails rather than a remote wilderness area.

The trail is well-maintained and follows the natural course of the river over bridges and up earthernwork steps along the bank. You share the path with the occasional mountain biker and jogger.

The Millette (also Milette) flows through the heart of Trois-Rivières. It is named after a family who operated a flour mill at Millette Pond in the 1800s.