--- Quick Trip To Maidstone Conservation Area 2026-06-02 --- It's about a 20 minute drive from my house to get there, and it's only a 1.5 km loop to hike, but I love the Maidstone Conservation Area out in Lakeshore. We're quite blessed to have a few of such areas around where we live, here in southwestern Ontario: Maidstone, Ojibway Park, Black Oaks Heritage Park, Hillman Marsh, and others. Being alone, accompanied only by trees and other growing things, does wonders to reinvigorate me. Can't wait for camping further north later this season.