Facts about the Tides http://www.valleyweb.com/fundytides
Tide Tables http://www.evangelinetrail.com/tidetables.html

The Farmhouse Inn is located centrally to many viewing venues of the Worlds Highest Tides. The difference between high and low tide can be as much as 40 feet. But seeing them is a two step process. It’s best to see them at both extremes.

Julie’s favourite place to watch the tides is from the beach at Scotts Bay. At low tide the usually rocky beach transforms into a vast flat desert of sand and mud. You can walk out on the flats and let the mud squish between your toes for approximately 1km until you reach the waterline. The water is very shallow and even warm at times.

The wharf at Hall’s Harbour is a fantastic place to see the tides while you feast on lobster. At high tide the fishing boats freely come in and out of the pier as the water is near the top of the wharf. At low tide the boats are high and dry resting on their bellies. You can also explore the floor of the Bay of Fundy at low tide.

The Cornwallis River flows through Port Williams and the pier in the middle of town is a great place to see the tide difference. The river is brimming at high tide and just a trickle at low tide. You can also explore the dykes that run from Port Williams to Wolfville.

The Tidal Bore is a phenomenon that is unique to this area. It can be viewed at Tidal view Farm near Miller Creek, Hants Co. One guest described it looking like a carpet being unrolled, another described as rolling chocolate...you be the judge!

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Beaches:
Kingsport Beach
Red sand and mud flats at low tide. One of the warmest places to swim at high tide. A good place to find beached treasures at low tide. Ice Cream served all the time.

Scott’s Bay Beach (Julie’s favourite!!)
Sand and mud flats at low tide. Walk out and enjoy a free mud treatment for your toes! Really cold swimming and rocky beach at high tide. The beach is a gold mine for rock hounds and is wonderful of a picnic with a beach fire.

Blomidon Provinical Park Beach
Situated under the red cliffs of Cape Blomidon, the beach is located at the base of red cliffs and is usually very breezy. You can explore the mud flats at low tide and lounge on the rocky beach at high tide.

Evangeline Beach
Just across the Minas Basin from Kingsport Beach, Evangeline beach has the same terrain as Kingsport beach, with stunning views of Blomidon Ridge. The swimming is good at high tide.

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Hiking:
Cape Split
http://www.novatrails.com/annapvalley/trails/capesplit/index.php
One of Nova Scotia’s most famous hiking trails (13km/8mile round-trip). Drive about 15 minutes past the Look-off, just past Scott’s Bay. Cape Split is a fishhook shaped peninsula sticking out into the Bay of Fundy. It is only accessible by boat or the hiking trail. It is one of the most phenomenal landscapes on the East Coast. The trail is the most hilly and muddy in the beginning, so don’t be discouraged. The trail starts at sea level and ends about 300' above the rocky shoreline in an open grassy field. This is a perfect place to enjoy your picnic. Sheer cliffs on each side provide a panoramic view of the Bay of Fundy and a great place to watch the nesting birds below.

Blomidon Provincial Park
http://parks.gov.ns.ca/parks/blomidon.htm
Drive down the scenic Pereau Road to Blomidon Provincial Park and enjoy great views of local farms and the Minas Basin. You can begin your hike from the lower or upper parking lots once you get to the Park. There are 14km (8.5miles) of interconnected trails. The upper trails offer spectacular look-offs along the way. There is no charge to hike in the Park.

The Kentville Ravine
The hike is only about 4km round trip winding through an old growth coniferous forest. The comfortable foot path leads you to a rushing waterfall. Some of the Eastern Hemlocks in the ravine have been dated to about 1755.

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