A couple of summers ago, we began going down to the Burlington Bay beach... which is just down from Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington (Maple and Lakeshore area). This wonderful little beach is just 15-20 minutes aways from Waterdown, and is a great FREE way to spend the day with the family in the summer or just strolling along the paths any other time of the year.
Closer to home, there are also many "watering holes" that locals love to go to for a day at the beach. A great list of all the local parks and recreation can be found at:
http://www.conservationhamilton.ca/conservation-areas/conservation-areas/welcome-to-the-hamilton-conservation-areas
Our family has enjoyed time down at Christie Conservation and Confederation Park. Another great place (alhough I have not personally been there but I keep hearing really good things about) is Valens Conservation. Great beach, great swimming and a day of fun for the whole family. You can even fish there! Hopefully we will find some time to go there next week, or it'll probably have to wait until next summer. Also offered at Valen's is camping, where they have both serviced and unserviced campsites.
So many great places to go to in this area and you can get a HCA (Hamilton Conservation Authority) Membership Pass to enjoy all parks managed by the Hamilton Conservation Authority... this includes Westfield Heritage Village in Rockton (just outside of Waterdown). For just $95, driver and carload of passengers (up to 7 maximum) can enjoy unlimited admission to all parks for 1 year from the date of purchase... a VERY good deal!
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Best Overall Family Physical Exercise
When we moved here in 2002, the Waterdown/Flamborough YMCA was a fairly new building. Built in 2001, the facility has already gone through one major renovation last year and is well kept all year long with regular painting and maintenance throughout the facility inside and out.
There are activities for everyone there, from newborn to senior citizen. There is swimming lessons, recreational swimming, aquafit classes (and other aqua classes geared towards seniors), a fantastic gym facility upstairs with the greatest motorized equipment and strength training available, fitness classes for every level, social programming for toddler to teen, daycare facilities and daycamp facilities for the summer.
I am grateful for the YMCA every summer for their Y Kids programming every Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday which help keep my kids from summertime boredom.
The rates are fairly reasonable and if you take full advantage of all they offer, you more than get your money's worth. For families that might have difficulty paying for their fees, they also have a charitable program called Strong Kids which provides assistance to families so that their children can take part in all activities available at the facility.
For more information on the Waterdown/Flamborough YMCA (which is part of the Hamilton-Burlington-Brantford YMCA) please visit
http://www.ymcahbb.ca/locations_flamborough.cfm
You can also follow the YMCA of Hamilton/Burlington/Brantford on Facebook and Twitter.
There are activities for everyone there, from newborn to senior citizen. There is swimming lessons, recreational swimming, aquafit classes (and other aqua classes geared towards seniors), a fantastic gym facility upstairs with the greatest motorized equipment and strength training available, fitness classes for every level, social programming for toddler to teen, daycare facilities and daycamp facilities for the summer.
I am grateful for the YMCA every summer for their Y Kids programming every Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday which help keep my kids from summertime boredom.
The rates are fairly reasonable and if you take full advantage of all they offer, you more than get your money's worth. For families that might have difficulty paying for their fees, they also have a charitable program called Strong Kids which provides assistance to families so that their children can take part in all activities available at the facility.
For more information on the Waterdown/Flamborough YMCA (which is part of the Hamilton-Burlington-Brantford YMCA) please visit
http://www.ymcahbb.ca/locations_flamborough.cfm
You can also follow the YMCA of Hamilton/Burlington/Brantford on Facebook and Twitter.
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