Fun Stuff in Kingston

[Guest silverbirdie]

Are there any nice beaches around the Kingston area? Something that would make a nice day-trip? I'm sure there must be lots, but I'm unfamiliar with the area, so I don't know whats good, and what to stay away from....Thanks!

[Guest coleflower]

For beaches, I'd recommend taking a drive to Sandbanks. It's less than 2 hours (not exactly sure how long) and there's a gorgeous sandy beach and clear water. There are other beaches in the same area of prince edward county, just west of Kingston.

I'm not aware of anything closer

[Guest silverbirdie]

Thanks I checked it out on Google ... looks great!

[Guest little endian]

Although not a beach, wolf island is also really nice to go to for a day if you like walking around or biking. The ferry is free and it's beautiful!

[Guest Kooman]

There's a casino called Thousand Island Charity Casino 20 minute drive east of Kingston. Exit 647. Lots of student go there at night. Costs $30 taxi ride to get there.

[Guest turtle]

given the countryside in the kingston area, i'd assume the answer to this is yes, i just haven't looked into it yet...

 

does anyone know if there's any good mountain biking close by? (preferably within biking distance since while i do have a bike rack, i don't have a car to put it on!!)

 

turtle

[Guest irit]

hi turtle,

 

i've also looked into mountain biking in and around k-town. There really isn't much in kingston. The military base used to have great trails but they've shut them down. Check out this link for more info about trails in Ontario: http://www.dirtworld.com/trails/traillist.asp?id=57

 

btw... there is a mountain biking club at Queen's and they organize group rides if you are interested.

 

hope this helps!

[Guest CareBear15]

Sandbanks is great for the beach as mentioned before.

 

If you want to check out the thousand islands and visit a cool castle (Boldt castle) you can drive about 40 minutes east of Kingston to Rockport. It's kind of an "old people" kind of thing to do if you know what I mean, but it's gorgeous.

 

Also right in Kingston you can rent kayaks at Ahoy rentals at the corner of West and Ontario. Also gorgeous and a lot of fun!

[Guest silverbirdie]

Are there any nice beachside parks within the city? Where you can go swimming?

[Guest brownie99]

You're not really going to want to go swimming in Lake Ontario - its not exactly clean. If you're looking to swim somewhere, the RMC gym has a sweet gym, and its 6 bucks for a day pass (unless you happen to know someone who goes to RMC, then they can get you in for $3 as a guest). If you're looking for a beach, as far as I know, Sandbanks is the closest nice beach, but I could be mistaken. I haven't spent too many summers in K-town, and the few that I have, I spent working 2 jobs, so there wasn't much time to look for beaches. There are some nice water-side parks within the city though (grassy rather than sandy).

[Guest Dingalongdong]

Brownie, I never took you for the fun loving type. I figured that all you supergeeks would want to do is study:p J/K

[Guest little endian]

turtle,

There's a farmer who has mountain biking trails in his field who has opened it up to club members in the area. I haven't been there but I heard that if you've got a UCI license or citizen permit he lets you use his trails. There are a few local clubs/teams (one of them is called Frank's RedHot I believe) who run wednesday night rides in the kingston area but since I haven't been there in the summer I haven't been on any of them. Someone told me that they meet at 1255 Unity Rd., at 5:30pm. As far as I know they let you go with them twice without committing to being on a team - you just have to sign a waiver.

 

Hope this helps.

[Guest turtle]

thanks little endian!

[Guest brownie99]

Oh dingalong - you have noooo idea! We'll have to party together when you get here....I'll show you just how hard super-geeks party!!

[Guest Dingalongdong]

lol Brownie, I look forward to it. Here's to rocking out, superkgeek style!