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Spencer Smith Park
Bedste tid at besøge
Visit at sunset from May through September, when the sky turns orange over the lake and the day's crowds have thinned out. Weekday mornings offer the calmest water for reflections from the pier before the summer heat builds.
Budgettips
The park is free to enter every day of the year, and so are the June Sound of Music Festival and the July children's festival. Pack a picnic and bring your own drinks to skip the pricey seasonal patio and food-truck markups.
Anbefalet til
Families, Photography enthusiasts, Sunset chasers, Festival goers
Planlæg dit besøg
2-3 hours
Om
Hurtige fakta: Omkring 150.000 mennesker fylder disse græsplæner hver juni til Canadas ældste gratis musikfestival, Sound of Music. Parken ligger på en 1,5 kilometer lang strækning af Ontariosøens kystlinje og forener en bugtet 100 meter lang mole med haver, der bliver genplantet hvert forår og efterår.
Højdepunkter: Den 100 meter lange mole bugter sig, så spidsen peger mod den nedgående sol, og bølgesprøjtet når højt nok op til at køle dig ned på varme eftermiddage. På klare aftener glider fragtskibe gennem havneindgangen og kaster et strøg af orange lys ud over vandet, mens himlen går i brand.
Insidertips
- Claim a spot on the west end of the pier about 45 minutes before sunset to watch the sky shift color without the crowd.
- Wear shoes you can slip off, the shallow water near the shore warms up fast in July and wading is half the fun.
- Skip busy Saturday afternoons in summer when festival traffic clogs the parking lots, and come on weekday mornings instead.
- The playground and splash pad sit at the north end, so families with kids can park there and avoid trekking the full 1.5-kilometer promenade.
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