Once you turn off route 7, you drive down a few kilometers to one of four parking lots. Depending on which one you park at, you may notice the abandoned farmlands as you walk to the beach.

You will cross a few interpretive panels and a guest book. It was interesting to see how many people visited the park so late into the season.

I decided to check out the beach first. The beach overlooked Psyche Cove. I've been walking along the Beach Walk trail until I was reached the junction to the Spry Bay Trail. The well marked trail signs showed me that I could do the 4km loop or a more adventurous 12km loop by adding the Headland Trail.

I opted for the 4km loop, since that would only give me a reason to come back since I've been really enjoying scenery so far.



At this point the trail is more of a footpath, crossing typical coastal forest on one side and rocky shoreline on the other. Along the trail I saw lots of small animal tracks in the mud even a few deer tracks.

I crossed over to the Spry Bay side and more direct view of the Atlantic Ocean. It was amazing to see & feel the difference. The calm quiet hike along the first 2km, now became the windy & waves crashing against the rocks.

The rocks were more jagged and the cliffs suddenly gained in height. The footpath was now far away from the shoreline just as the views were getting more spectacular. After another kilometer of hiking, I finally re-entered the forest and ocean sounds soon started to mute themselves as I got deeper into the forest.

I made it back to the parking lot, by then several more cars had arrived to enjoy the sunny day. I would rate the loop as moderate, appropriate footware was required during my visit and cell phone reception was spotty in some sections.

If you are visiting this park during the off-season, your only option would be to hike the 8km long Bull Beach trail until you reach the beach.



.