Kawartha Highlands Signature Site Park
44.7071° N, 78.208° W
Park boundary and water from open government data.
Download the map (SVG)Kawartha Highlands Signature Site Park, Ontario. 44.7071° N, 78.208° W
Provincial park, 376 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/on/kawartha-highlands-signature-site-park/, compiled October 9, 2026
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Kawartha Highlands Signature Site Park is a 376 km² provincial park 1 km north of Buckhorn, in Ontario. It was established in 1989.
42 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Lower Buckhorn Lake (13.1 km²).
- Area
- 376 km²
- Established
- 1989
- Named lakes
- 42
- Visits 2025
- 37,299
Conditions today
1.7 °C
Observed at Apsley, as of 6:00 a.m. EDT
Today: A mix of sun and cloud. 40 percent chance of showers this morning and early this afternoon. Wind becoming northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 near noon. High 14. UV index 4 or moderate.
Weather: Apsley (local forecast), as of 6:00 a.m. EDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:51 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:20 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:38 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:07 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:12 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:57 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Air Quality Health Index
1 low risk
Peterborough, as of 4:00 a.m. EDT
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In the park
The 12 largest of 42 named lakes, ranked by area.
| Rank | Feature | Area | Max depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lower Buckhorn Lake | 13.1 km² | 11 m |
| 2 | Catchacoma Lake | 7.33 km² | 43.9 m |
| 3 | Mississagua Lake | 7.2 km² | 43.9 m |
| 4 | Anstruther Lake | 6.47 km² | 39 m |
| 5 | Gold Lake | 3.52 km² | 36.6 m |
| 6 | Beaver Lake | 1.63 km² | 18.3 m |
| 7 | Bottle Lake | 1.62 km² | 22 m |
| 8 | Sucker Lake | 1.56 km² | 18.3 m |
| 9 | Wolf Lake | 1.42 km² | 7.3 m |
| 10 | Copper Lake | 1.19 km² | 3.7 m |
| 11 | Rathbun Lake | 1.17 km² | 36.6 m |
| 12 | Long Lake | 1 km² | 20 m |
Rivers
Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.
Visitors
37,299 visits were recorded in 2025: 8,226 day visits and 29,073 camper nights.
Official record
- Designation
- Provincial park
- Park class
- Natural Environment
- IUCN category
- II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Status
- Operating park
- Regulated
- 2005
- Managed by
- Ontario Parks
- Official website
- ontarioparks.ca
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