BorealBoundFrançais

Darlington Provincial Park

43.8706° N, 78.7857° W

Darlington Provincial Park, Ontario. 43.8706° N, 78.7857° W

Provincial park, 2.09 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/on/darlington-provincial-park/, compiled October 9, 2026

  • Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • Provincial Park and Conservation Reserve Regulated, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  • Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
  • Ontario Trail Network – Trail Segment, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  • Visitation to Provincial Parks, Ontario Parks (Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  • City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
  • Air Quality Health Index observations and forecasts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
  • Photographs, Wikimedia Commons contributors. Each photo carries its own licence (CC0, public domain, CC BY or CC BY-SA), credited where shown.

Darlington Provincial Park is a 2.09 km² provincial park 2.6 km northeast of Lakeview Park, in Ontario. It was established in 1959.

Area
2.09 km²
Established
1959
Trails
44.9 km
Visits 2025
209K

Conditions today

9.7 °C

CloudyWind WNW 11 km/h, gusts 35

Observed at Oshawa, as of 12:00 a.m. EDT

Tonight: Partly cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers this evening. Becoming clear overnight. Wind northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light this evening. Low 6.

Weather: Oshawa (local forecast), as of 12:02 a.m. EDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:53 a.m.
Sunrise
7:22 a.m.
Sunset
6:41 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:10 p.m.
Moonrise
6:14 a.m.
Moonset
6:00 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Air Quality Health Index

1 low risk

Oshawa, as of 1:00 a.m. EDT

Trails

4 named trails and routes, with 4.9 km of trail.

TrailLength
McLaughlin Bay TrailHiking or Walking1.5 km
Burk TrailHiking or Walking1.2 km
Campground TrailHiking or Walking1.2 km
Robinson Creek TrailHiking or Walking, Snowshoeing1 km

Visitors

209,255 visits were recorded in 2025: 94,809 day visits and 114,446 camper nights. Campsites were 73% occupied in July and August.

Visits per year

Official record

Designation
Provincial park
Park class
Recreational
IUCN category
II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Status
Operating park
Regulated
1964
Managed by
Ontario Parks
Official website
ontarioparks.ca

Photos

Darlington Park Beach 01
Photo: Shredder550, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Darlington Park Beach 02
Photo: Shredder550, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Darlington Park Beach 03
Photo: Shredder550, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons