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Gatineau Park: Meech Lake + Champlain Lookout
Gatineau Park: Meech Lake + Champlain Lookout like 2x pink, treat yourself to a dip in the lake 🏊
65 km hardscenicbeachbike path

Visit Gatineau Park, take a dip in Meech Lake and enjoy sunset in the Champlain Lookout. This is an advanced ride that rewards. It starts similar to our Pink Lake route, but continues climbing. 👙🩳…

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Routes to explore

Easy Loop around the Canal 15 km
Easy Loop around the Canal 🏆 Ride of the Year: 2020
Wesley Clover & Shirley's Bay 50 km
Wesley Clover & Shirley's Bay quiet roads, farm views, and light gravel!
Almonte Roubaix mixes 100 km
Almonte Roubaix mixes Various gravel routes around Almonte
View all 27 routes

Upcoming events

  • 🚲
    Formation mécanique vélo 1 April 6 – 16, 2026 · Rack à bécik
  • OWCC Kick-Off Social April 12, 2026 · Ottawa Women's Cycling Club
  • Clarence Rockland Classic April 19, 2026
  • Step Thru Bike Parts Swap Meet April 19, 2026 · Step Thru Community Cycling
  • 🚲
    Formation mécanique vélo 2 April 20 – May 21, 2026 · Rack à bécik
Full calendar

Did you know...

  • ... there are 21 cafes along the routes?
  • ... Quyon Ferry loop is 131.6 km — the longest route on the site?
  • ... there are 12 beaches and swimming spots along the routes?
  • ... there are 5 ice cream stops mapped along the routes?
  • ... there are 67 cycling communities in Ottawa?
  • ... 13 routes pass within reach of a swim spot?
  • ... Britannia 🌳 by Ottawa River Pathway passes by 2 places to stop — the most of any route?
  • ... there are 5 lookouts mapped along the routes?
  • ... Easy Loop around the Canal is only 13 km — the shortest route on the site?
  • ... the Quyon Ferry Loop crosses provinces by ferry?
  • ... you can bikepack to Plaisance with the Bienvenue Cyclistes program?
  • ... the descent from Pink Lake can reach 60 km/h?
  • ... the Rideau Lakes Cycle Tour is one of Canada's oldest cycling events?
  • ... you can ride from Ottawa to Carleton Place and Smith Falls on rail trails?
  • ... the Champlain Lookout view is best at sunset?

Local communities

  • Queer Bike Club
    Queer Bike Club Queer rides, bikepacking plans, and easy ways to join in
  • For Our Kids
    For Our Kids Climate-action family rides — the force behind Kidical Mass Ottawa
  • Log Driver's Waltz
    Log Driver's Waltz Long days out on gravel, with a grand depart to aim for
  • Black Girls Biking in Ottawa/Gatineau
    Black Girls Biking in Ottawa/Gatineau Monthly rides by and for Black women in the capital region
  • #OttBike Social
    #OttBike Social Slow bike rides with nice people
  • Canadian Shield Bikepacking
    Canadian Shield Bikepacking Bikepacking stories, skills, and campfire plans
  • RĂ€B
    Rack à bécik Atelier collectif de vélo à Gatineau — vélos usagés, pièces et réparation libre-service
  • Ottawa Women's Cycling Club
    Ottawa Women's Cycling Club
  • Step Thru Community Cycling
    Step Thru Community Cycling
  • Centretown Gravel Rides
    Centretown Gravel Rides Gravel rides that start Downtown
  • MC
    MTB Chicks
  • re-Cycles
    re-Cycles Not-for-profit bicycle recycling and DIY repair shop
  • R
    Recyclore Volunteer-run charity keeping bikes out of the landfill
  • TFK
    Trips for Kids Ottawa Outdoor recreation for Ottawa's underserved youth — biking, skating, snowshoeing
  • VV
    Vélo Vanier Free bike lending program for Vanier residents
  • CMR
    Critical Mass Ride
  • Gravel Cup
    Gravel Cup Gravel races and big days out across the valley
  • Nomades du Parc
    Nomades du Parc Bike rentals and trail access at the gates of Gatineau Park
  • Ottawa Bicycle Club
    Ottawa Bicycle Club Club rides and long-standing tours on Ottawa Valley roads
  • Nepean BMX Association
    Nepean BMX Association BMX race nights and first laps for new riders
  • Let's Bike Ottawa
    Let's Bike Ottawa Workshops and bike month events to help more people ride
  • Tour de Gatineau
    Tour de Gatineau UCI women's road racing in Gatineau
  • C
    CN Ottawa's big spring ride for kids' cancer care at CHEO
  • Bike Race Ottawa
    Bike Race Ottawa Preston Street racing with room for every category
  • Bike Ottawa
    Bike Ottawa Rides and advocacy for safer cycling in Ottawa
  • MS Canada
    MS Canada Two-day charity rides through eastern Ontario
  • OO
    Omnium Ottawa Grassroots race nights with a playful edge
  • Ottawa Bike CafĂ©
    Ottawa Bike Café Winter riding workshops with practical city advice
  • OTL
    Ottawa Tool Library Practical bike maintenance workshops you can use right away
  • WU
    Wendigo Ultra Winter fat bike ultra on frozen rail trails
  • BM
    BIKE MINDS Stories, ideas, and bike people around a cafe table
  • COE
    Cycling Ottawa-Gatineau En vélo! Longer road rides out past the city
  • Ottawa Fixed Gear
    Ottawa Fixed Gear Brunch rides and easy company for the fixed gear crowd
  • Cycling Guide App
    Cycling Guide App Free app that finds low-stress cycling routes so you can ride with less traffic
  • KBC
    Kanata-Nepean Bicycle Club Sometimes ambitious, always social
  • WOC
    Western Ottawa Cycling Community A group for cycling enthusiasts who ride in Ottawa's west end
All communities
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