Hyla Park Nature Preserve, Fredericton

I like this park very much! It is big, natural and full of wild life. My walk took me four hours and it was a good time when I might admire Nashweak River crossing the park. It is also a perfect place to polish your competences of riding a MTB bike because of terrain characteristic. Finishing my food trip I took a bear and snacks in local small bar with the beautifull view on the river:)

Rather large nature preserve, but one that's not very defined. There's one main path, the Gibson Trail that goes through it, but otherwise the trails are small, dirty / muddy, and unmaintained. Depending on the season, this is a mosquito infestation.

A great place to explore. What you can see here varies greatly depending on the season. The colours right now are beginning to wash out, but the morning frost adds a nice touch to everything. You could spend quite some time here. If you're biking, I suggest parking it at the entrance sign or the visitors centre as the trails can get very thin.

It's nice to have this kind of park close to Fredericton, the trails were ok. Theres a few good open areas to look across the wetlands. It was a sunny beautiful day when we went and we saw no animals or birds except a grackle. I realize no one can control what is present in a nature preserve but it struck me as very early in this projects development cycle and perhaps the critters hadn't got the memo free accommodation had opened up on the NE side. Kind of a junky area, with some garbage dumped even though it's marked as no dumping. Overall a little disappointed.

Wonderful park with amazing potential would love to see some trail development surrounding but not within as delicate ecosystems. Saw so many frogs and butterflies.