David A. Balfour Park

David A.Balfour Park is a serene oasis with walking trails, gardens, playground, sports facilities & picnic areas. Well-maintained, clean & tranquil. Perfect for relaxation, family outings & community activities.

Great walk through the Rosedale area. Connects to the cemetery and leads you into Davisville via the Belt Line Trail. Lots to look at. Nice and shaded with a river. It wasn’t flowing when I visited but the surrounding erosion shows proof that it can get quite deep at times. Great walk.

Quiet park in midtown, away from the city noise. Lots of benches to rest and talk or read. Paved walking track for your exercise that goes around the entire park. Quiet garden area to relax. Play area with swings and slides for the little ones. Public washrooms available. Highly enjoyed the park.

This park is beautiful, well maintained and so refreshing. There's a ravine trail that connects from the little park besides, and this park as well. It's just an amazing experience. It's green, beautiful and lush. Although I think a little bit maintenance is required in some parts of it.

Wonderful park in midtown. Many different trails and routes. Perfectly suitable for walking with a dog. Here you can hide from the noise of the city and feel at one with nature.

I can't believe it took so long to discover the David Balfour Park trail and Yellow Creek. This hike follows several trail connections and we decided to follow it south, down to the Mud Creek trail - aka the Brickworks - so that we could turn back up and create a loop. For a truly inner city hike, I give this a score of 4.5. The trail is mostly packed ground and well maintained but our route did have a couple of exciting crossings of Mount Pleasant Ave. that require attention and care. Easy to get your steps in, a few mostly gentle inclines and great tree canopies that keep you shaded for most of the hike. And how many hikes end with a reflection on life as our loop took us through the cemetery to finish off the day. Just shy of 10 k but you can easily do more. We loved the last set of stairs that end it off. - NOT! 😁

Park is really nice, barely anyone Sunday morning. The sounds of the river echoing the valley below

Gorgeous lil forest amidst suburbs! Restrooms on site, free parking available, water fountain on site too. The creekside trail is a stunning walk, well worth the time

Finally open after a couple years of renovations! New park looks great, garden is well-maintained and the views of the surrounding area and downtown Toronto are beautiful in the morning. Hopefully it stays this way and doesn't become overwhelmed with litter.

Wheelchair accessible park, good for exploring and nature photography. Conveniently close to St Clair subway station.

This place is CLOSED for major renovations for the next couple of years!!!! They're fixing up the water reservoir under the park. At the moment, the eastern part of the park is still open for another month or two or so.

David Balfour is a popular Gay cruising area where heterosexually married Guys meet for Sex. The area is well known to Police and other law enforcement agencies including the vice squad that routinely patrols the area to make sure nothing is going on. Wives and girlfriends have no idea that their other half is ditching them to go have sex with other guys in this very popular touristy area of the city of Toronto. Popular for all the wrong reasons.

David A. Balfour Park is a bit off the beaten path, but once you're able to find it, it's a great place to stroll or walk a dog. It's more of a nature trail, and it follows a ravine from just south of Mount Pleasant Cemetery to Roxborough Drive. It cuts under big bridges on St. Clair Avenue and the train tracks near Summerhill, which can be haunts of bums and teenage punks (the train tracks can be used as an illegal pedestrian shortcut over Mt. Pleasant Road). Parts aren't bad for mountain biking too, but it can be treacherous if conditions aren't good. I tried biking it once after it had rained the previous night, and had to give up after slipping and sliding down some of the steep roadways that lead to the park.

Very peaceful nature trail beside an amazing rock structure along the stream. No need to leave the city to get rid of stress. Cool running during humid days. Wear your x-country running shoes to hit the higher trails.