Maynooth

Maynooth is the principal community in Hastings Highlands township in eastern Ontario. The township has about 4,100 residents (2016).

Understand
Maynooth, named for the eponymous town in Ireland, was long a way point for visitors en route to Algonquin Provincial Park. The Maynooth railway station, built in 1907 by the Central Ontario Railway, was acquired by Canadian Northern Railway which later became part of the Canadian National Railway. This section of railway was abandoned in 1984; there are proposals to re-purpose the historic station as an interpretive centre.

Get in
Maynooth is on Ontario Highway 62, north of Belleville, Madoc and Bancroft.

Maynooth is 30 minutes from the Highway 60 entrance to Algonquin Park.

Get around
Maynooth is extremely small and everything there is within easy walking distance.

Do
Maynooth is a good place to base visits to Algonquin Provincial Park with beautiful canoeing, kayaking, camping and hiking.

Drink
The local hostel owners have set up a pub for guests and non-guests.

Go next

 * Bancroft - a cottage country town south on Highway 62.
 * Belleville - to the south, on the Bay of Quinte.
 * Haliburton Highlands - a vast rural area, with many lakes and forests providing more outdoor adventure for campers and cottagers.
 * Peterborough - less than two hours away to the south, on the Trent-Severn Waterway.
 * Renfrew and Pembroke - about an hour and a half away, east toward the Ottawa River.