Singing Sands (Bruce Peninsula National Park)
Tobermory, ON, Canada
Singing Sands is the Lake Huron side of Bruce Peninsula National Park, just south of Tobermory, Ontario, on Dorcas Bay. The beach is so flat you can wade out hundreds of metres in knee-deep water, which makes it perfect for small kids. A boardwalk trail winds through rare fen and dune habitat with orchids and four kinds of carnivorous plants.
Warm, shallow water and rare plants in a national park, and far calmer than the famous Grotto.
How we score beachesWhen The Grotto parking is sold out, come here instead; it's warm, shallow, and much calmer.
A day-use lot at Dorcas Bay; a Parks Canada pass is required.
A short walk from the lot to the beach; the Singing Sands Trail is a boardwalk.
The shallow water warms up in July and August. Orchids bloom along the trail in early summer.
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